Calibre server on apache2 server from port 80

[fiuwe]

Hi all,
I would like to show my library using TCP port 80, but I have an apache2 server listening there.

It's more days that I'm trying to set both WSGI from calibre guide and reverse proxy from guide and different sites.
No way.

I tried installing binary pack, recompiling from source ( first I recompiled PyQT and SIP).........

All finished with an error :

"ImportError: No module named calibre.library.server.main"

I've never used this kind of stuff and now my head is exploding.
Could anyone help me with a SuperIgnorantDummy guide step-by-step ? :


thanks for any news

[At_Libitum]

Funny, I recently tried exactly the same just to get rid of the need to enter a portnumber. Although I only tried as reverse proxy, haven't tried the in-process route using WSGI

Here's what I did
in httpd.conf made sure mod_proxy.so and mod_proxy_http.so are uncommented.
in mine mod_proxy_rewrite.so was already uncommented so do not know if it is required

then in the extra folder I modified http-proxy.conf and added these lines

# OPDS
ProxyPass /opds http://127.0.0.1:8080/opds
ProxyPassReverse /opds  http://127.0.0.1:8080/opds

# Web Interface
ProxyPass /browse http://127.0.0.1:8080/browse
ProxyPassReverse /browse http://127.0.0.1:8080/browse

# 'Mobile' Web Interface
ProxyPass /mobile http://127.0.0.1:8080/mobile
ProxyPassReverse /mobile http://127.0.0.1:8080/mobile

# Required paths
ProxyPass /static http://127.0.0.1:8080/static
ProxyPassReverse /static http://127.0.0.1:8080/static
ProxyPass /get http://127.0.0.1:8080/get
ProxyPassReverse /get http://127.0.0.1:8080/get

and that was all, restarted Apache and now if I navigate in Stanza to localhost/opds I get to see Calibre's OPDS output and if I use localhost/browse in a browser I can use the web-interface and if I want to use web-interface on my phone I visit localhost/mobile

In that same file is likely a section <proxy *>

I've changed that from the default restrictive order deny, allow to

Order allow,deny
Allow from all

for testing purposes, so make sure to modify this to your requirements if you restrict access to only selected users.

[fiuwe]

Thanks a lot

It works ... more or less :P

I also had to add the static folder from calibre otherwise I could not see anything.
The only problem now is to show the books cover.
looking at the page source code, they are linked as src="get/thumb_123_23/1234" and i dont' have an idea on how to set that on the proxy conf O.o

Any idea ?

[At_Libitum]

Originally Posted by fiuwe

Thanks a lot

It works ... more or less :P

I also had to add the static folder from calibre otherwise I could not see anything.
The only problem now is to show the books cover.
looking at the page source code, they are linked as src="get/thumb_123_23/1234" and i dont' have an idea on how to set that on the proxy conf O.o

Any idea ?

Ah, so that's why I had the /static reroute in there...forgotten about it and since it didn't do anything when I tried, I figured it was a leftover from another experiment.

The images then likely also need another entry for the /get path, at least they started showing when adding

ProxyPass /get http://127.0.0.1:8080/get
ProxyPassReverse /get http://127.0.0.1:8080/get

edited first reply to make the list complete

[fiuwe]

I thoght the same and did earlier this morning

Everything is working now

Thanks for ur support

[chaley]

@At_Libitum: why did you reverse-proxy calibre's sub-URLS instead of using a URL prefix as described in http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/server.html, e.g. http://foo.bar.com/library or as in the manual, http://foo.bar.com/calibre? The way you did it ensures that the main calibre page will not be visible and will create maintenance problems if calibre's URLs are ever extended. Using a URL prefix eliminates both problems.

Also, you should add /ajax.

[At_Libitum]

Originally Posted by chaley

@At_Libitum: why did you reverse-proxy calibre's sub-URLS instead of using a URL prefix as described in http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/server.html,
Also, you should add /ajax.

Yes, If I could have gotten the URL prefix working I wouldn't have needed to use the separate paths but had only needed a rule for the prefix.

The reason I entered several paths is because when I tried it by configuring a url prefix in Calibre, I got nothing but 404's and because each of those paths I entered has a different kind of output I decided to go that route.

Since I use it mostly only to access /opds from my iPhone I only started out with that one, the others got added for good measure and the occasional use...turns out that /static is required and /get only if you want to see thumbnails. At least in this form of setup

and what do you mean, main calibre page? That page you get when using /localhost:8080/ is the same as when you type /localhost:8080/browse

PS. FWIW, I found the opds/webinterface rather unstable. When it works it works, but when you start changing it from the default, I regularly had to kill Calibre because it got stuck when tryin to stop the content server, so I stopped experimenting and stuck with what I have now.