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Originally Posted by nangface

Hi,

Thanks for the quick response.

I can't do it on a home server unfortunately, since I am almost continuously mobile these days with work. I could potentially get someone I know to do it, but since it requires the computer to be on all he time I think it's too much of an ask.

Fair enough - it was worth checking.

Presumably though, I could install Calibre server onto a paid-for web server service like GoDaddy? If so, are there any specific things to look out for in web hosting that would allow/disallow it?
I imagine hosts also have issues with copyright, but presumably this only applies to public-facing files, am I right?

I would have thought so.

If I had Calibre server running in a password protected way on a web host, is there any way the host or Google might crawl it, find copyright files (which I want to reiterate I do actually own myself) and close the account or issue takedown requests?

I would not have thought so, but the only person who could provide assurance on that would be the hosting provider.

Assuming I have Calibre server up and running, password protected, on a web hosting service, are you saying I can then use Marvin to browse and download from the catalogue?

Yes. I do it against my own private web server all the time.

On an aside, I am currently looking at the facility that I have found Google drive now offers for hosting a web site. It looks as though it may be possible to do that securely. There are problems using Google Drive for syncing a library between computers, but is looks as if they do not apply if used purely for hosting a copy of the library with a Calibre2opds generated catalog. The write-up on where I have got to so far can be found here in the calibre2opds online User Guide. At the moment this refers to setting up a Public folder (like DropBox), but it looks as though it may also work for non-public folders but this is not yet verified. This documentation will be updated as more information is found.