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Https is not possible for home servers unless you create your own certificate and use apache or similar server.

With regular http, anyone watching your traffic can steal your creds.

Your best bet is to install Vpn server on your calibre pc and access your calibre pc with a vpn client (android, windows etc all have clients). This is secure even if you use http because the tranffic is encyrpted between you and your computer.

I am not talking about getting some vpn service from some provider, I am talking about installing Vpn server. You do need to do some research, it is doable. There are alot of tutorials. You can start with OpenVPN however there might be other options for your platform.

Another option is to install SSH server and connect to your SSH server via clinet (Putty terminal for instance) then forward the Calibre port in ssh client settings. Once done you can acccess it like this (again super secure) after your ssh client connects to your ssh server whch runs on the same pc as Calibre.

your original ip:xxxxx:8080

forward ports 8080:8080 (8080 ->8080, although you can make it any port say 32333)

new calibre ip on remote pc localhost:8080 (literally localhost)

I use SSH to actually connect to Calibre via Calibre Companion app on Android, also I use my device as a wireless device remotely (to sync data). Because the ports are forwarded remotely.



One last option although might sound silly, to install NoMachine (or Teamviewer maybe) and access it remotely. Nomachine is a secure Vnc like connection. You open your browser and access Calibre on your local Calibre server remotely. So everything you do, you are doing remotely on your actual Calibre pc. The you sync the browsers Downloads folders, so books are synced to your remote pc. A bit silly but it is secure.!

Nomachine also lets you map remote drives to your pc where you use the Nomachine clinet from. That could be an option for you too.