Headless Servers and Calibre install

BazzaD · 04-28-2016, 10:33 PM

Hi All,

I'm new to the forum, but have been running a server at home for many years now.

I'm just wondering with all the new UI-less servers coming out everywhere, if there are any plans for being able to install essentially a headless (read: No UI) Calibre version.

It would be awesome to be able to run Calibre server on a headless windows nano server (as of 2016) at home on older hardware.

I can already run web servers etc on headless servers, but many apps that run with server components don't have CLI or server only installs. If I could run a calibre server on a headless server that means I could dump the UI and get a heap of resources back. After all I'm just wanting to view a published library across a network.

Cheers!

BetterRed · 04-28-2016, 10:47 PM

Try entering 'headless calibre server' into your favourite search engine

BTW I've asked that this thread be moved - to the Mobileread.Calibre forum.

eschwartz · 05-01-2016, 03:36 AM

I don't think so. calibre's codebase is heavily intertwined, and Qt5 is used for various tasks even in the server.
So installing a lot of support software is not going away.

On the other hand, space waste aside, the server itself does not require much in the way of RAM/cpu.

...

Check the Calibre ==> Related Tools subforum, there are a few tools for running a lightweight server e.g. COPS (written in plain old php running on your choice of server).

kovidgoyal · 05-01-2016, 05:14 AM

The calibre server runs perfectly fine without an X server. It does require X libraries to be present on your system, but no running X server.

04-28-2016, 10:33 PM	#1
BazzaD Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Apr 2016 Device: Android Smart Phone	Headless Servers and Calibre install Hi All, I'm new to the forum, but have been running a server at home for many years now. I'm just wondering with all the new UI-less servers coming out everywhere, if there are any plans for being able to install essentially a headless (read: No UI) Calibre version. It would be awesome to be able to run Calibre server on a headless windows nano server (as of 2016) at home on older hardware. I can already run web servers etc on headless servers, but many apps that run with server components don't have CLI or server only installs. If I could run a calibre server on a headless server that means I could dump the UI and get a heap of resources back. After all I'm just wanting to view a published library across a network. Cheers!

05-01-2016, 05:14 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,609 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The calibre server runs perfectly fine without an X server. It does require X libraries to be present on your system, but no running X server. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 05-01-2016 at 05:28 AM.

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BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 22,018 Karma: 30277294 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	Try entering 'headless calibre server' into your favourite search engine BTW I've asked that this thread be moved - to the Mobileread.Calibre forum.

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eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I don't think so. calibre's codebase is heavily intertwined, and Qt5 is used for various tasks even in the server. So installing a lot of support software is not going away. On the other hand, space waste aside, the server itself does not require much in the way of RAM/cpu. ... Check the Calibre ==> Related Tools subforum, there are a few tools for running a lightweight server e.g. COPS (written in plain old php running on your choice of server).