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[kovidgoyal]

Use --with-library

[spullar]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Use --with-library

thanks, that worked. The version in the repository didn't have that option listed in the --help. Forgot to try it when I upgraded.

one more question. What is the best way to get calibre-server running automatically after a system reboot?

Thanks again for your help and speedy response

[kovidgoyal]

Write an init script for it using start-stop-daemon

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The content server will only show books that are in epub format on the stanza (actually epub and pdb) as stanza can only handle those formats.

This may be the wrong place - since my question is probably half Trook and half Calibre...

Calibre Content Server setup and accessible
Trook v68 happily accessing the Cailbre service via http://hostname:8080/stanza.

As above, books which don't have EPUBs aren't shown - though the Nook can of course read PDF.... Ideally I'd like to have PDFs accessible through Trook. Is the format-specificity inherent in the /stanza interface or could that be relaxed somehow? (I understand Trook might not grok .PDFs this way, but I figure the content has to be *available* before I try to get the client to handle it.)

TIA,
Richard

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Note that while running both the command line server and the GUI at the same time is possible, it is not recommended.

I know the above was stated quite some time back - is it still true for current (0.6.53) versions of Calibre? (Win32 platforms)

In my case I find that anti-intrusion software <cough>peerblock<cough> interferes with the calibre-server. I would also like to keep my Calibre libraryon my RAID-ish Windows Home Server box for data protection. Given that, I think I'd like to:
-keep the Calibre library on the server box's storage array
-run calibre-server on the server box for LAN/Web read-only access to the library
-run Calibre on a single client machine for read/write access to the library

Is this safe?
Will it "work" as expected - e.g. will library changes from the gui client be reflected properly in the web interface which is served up from a different machine?
Is there a better way to accomplish the goals above?

TIA!
Richard

[kovidgoyal]

The restriction to epub/pdb is /stanza specific. IIRC, there's no way to change that short of editing the source.

If you have only one program writing tot he db you are safe as far as corruption is concerned. Whether the content server will pick up the changes depends on a couple of actors, best to just try it and see.

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

The restriction to epub/pdb is /stanza specific. IIRC, there's no way to change that short of editing the source.

Makes sense - do you know if Stanza would croak if PDFs were available that way? (I know nothing about the "standard" interface obviously!) This is probably more hassle than it's worth, since I strongly prefer non-PDF ebooks, but oftentimes I don't have a choice.

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

If you have only one program writing to the db you are safe as far as corruption is concerned. Whether the content server will pick up the changes depends on a couple of actors, best to just try it and see.

Ok - as long as it's safe to do, I'll probably give it a try, but it may be a while before I can report back on that.

Thanks, and thanks for a great program!
Richard
(Happy Calibre donor)

[kovidgoyal]

Originally Posted by solomon

Makes sense - do you know if Stanza would croak if PDFs were available that way? (I know nothing about the "standard" interface obviously!) This is probably more hassle than it's worth, since I strongly prefer non-PDF ebooks, but oftentimes I don't have a choice.

No I don't know if it will break, but it will cause end user problems since stanza will then list books in the catalog which will fail to download when the user tries to download them.

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No I don't know if it will break, but it will cause end user problems since stanza will then list books in the catalog which will fail to download when the user tries to download them.

Gotcha. I'll inquire of the Trook folks if they could use PDFs that way. If so, would it be hard to implement a /trook page which Trook users could link to?

Thanks!
Richard

[kovidgoyal]

rather than /trook, I could simple implement /opds which will have no restrictions on the available formats.

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

rather than /trook, I could simple implement /opds which will have no restrictions on the available formats.

That sounds great, thanks!!! Should I put in a ticket for tracking purposes or is this all you need?

Thanks again!
Richard

[kovidgoyal]

Open a ticket, I'm rather busy right now with but I'll get to it in the next few days/weeks.

[solomon]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Open a ticket, I'm rather busy right now with but I'll get to it in the next few days/weeks.

Thank you! Ticket #5582 entered - linked here in case anyone else wants to track it.

Richard

[solomon]

One stupid question - is there a "Server-only" install option? (Or can i just manually copy some binaries/registry keys over?)

I'd rather not even have the "main" app on my server so I can't accidentally open two instances....

Thanks,
Richard

[kovidgoyal]

No, but just delete calibre.exe and you'll be fine.