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cruffalo · 09-07-2011, 10:47 AM

It's a deployable web application. It doesn't rely on Calibre at all to run and serve content. I've been using it with EC2 and Tomcat to serve out my books.

I just now see that Calibre has a stand alone content server but I don't see how to install it without installing a bunch of other dependencies. Since EC2 is out in the cloud, with absolutely no need to have any GUI, this doesn't make sense.

Janus works on a system with only Java and a Java web container that can handle the 3.0 servlet API. It doesn't require any GUI and is really intended for people who are comfortable deploying to Tomcat.

It's also a fun thing to tinker with.

edit: I also don't know if Calibre's content server can directly handle the XML OPDS feeds.

edit2: It can handle OPDS XML feeds. It cannot be run in a pure headless environment without something like xvfb and some tinkering.

09-07-2011, 10:47 AM	#3
cruffalo Junior Member Posts: 9 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2011 Device: iPad	It's a deployable web application. It doesn't rely on Calibre at all to run and serve content. I've been using it with EC2 and Tomcat to serve out my books. I just now see that Calibre has a stand alone content server but I don't see how to install it without installing a bunch of other dependencies. Since EC2 is out in the cloud, with absolutely no need to have any GUI, this doesn't make sense. Janus works on a system with only Java and a Java web container that can handle the 3.0 servlet API. It doesn't require any GUI and is really intended for people who are comfortable deploying to Tomcat. It's also a fun thing to tinker with. edit: I also don't know if Calibre's content server can directly handle the XML OPDS feeds. edit2: It can handle OPDS XML feeds. It cannot be run in a pure headless environment without something like xvfb and some tinkering. Last edited by cruffalo; 09-07-2011 at 12:03 PM.