calibre server any way to have as daemon

[MasterCATZ]

I run FreeBSD and find the calibre web server very handy

how ever how can one run the server stand alone ( ie as a daemon )

with out starting the GUI in a desktop environment

I have only been using calibre for a few hrs so forgive me if I am missing something I must admit I have not done to much googling yet

[chaley]

See http://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cli/calibre-server.html

[MasterCATZ]

Thank you very much for that

just what I needed to read :P

now my only Gripe is it looks like kindles will only work on port 80 ...
assuming Amazon is blocking all other ports on the 3G Network

Thankfully I don't use port 80 for anything else


calibre-server -h
Usage: calibre-server [options]

Start the calibre content server. The calibre content server
exposes your calibre library over the internet. The default interface
allows you to browse you calibre library by categories. You can also
access an interface optimized for mobile browsers at /mobile and an
OPDS based interface for use with reading applications at /opds.

The OPDS interface is advertised via BonJour automatically.


Whenever you pass arguments to calibre-server that have spaces in them, enclose the arguments in quotation marks.

Options:
--version show program's version number and exit

-h, --help show this help message and exit

-p PORT, --port=PORT The port on which to listen. Default is 8080

-t TIMEOUT, --timeout=TIMEOUT
The server timeout in seconds. Default is 120

--thread-pool=THREAD_POOL
The max number of worker threads to use. Default is 30

--password=PASSWORD Set a password to restrict access. By default access
is unrestricted.

--username=USERNAME Username for access. By default, it is: 'calibre'

--develop Development mode. Server automatically restarts on
file changes and serves code files (html, css, js)
from the file system instead of calibre's resource
system.

--max-cover=MAX_COVER
The maximum size for displayed covers. Default is
'600x800'.

--max-opds-items=MAX_OPDS_ITEMS
The maximum number of matches to return per OPDS
query. This affects Stanza, WordPlayer, etc.
integration.

--max-opds-ungrouped-items=MAX_OPDS_UNGROUPED_ITEMS
Group items in categories such as author/tags by first
letter when there are more than this number of items.
Default: 100. Set to a large number to disable
grouping.

--url-prefix=URL_PREFIX
Prefix to prepend to all URLs. Useful for
reverseproxying to this server from Apache/nginx/etc.

--with-library=WITH_LIBRARY
Path to the library folder to serve with the content
server

--pidfile=PIDFILE Write process PID to the specified file

--daemonize Run process in background as a daemon. No effect on
windows.

--restriction=RESTRICTION
Specifies a restriction to be used for this
invocation. This option overrides any per-library
settings specified in the GUI

--auto-reload Auto reload server when source code changes. May not
work in all environments.

[theducks]

use your router to port forward/map 80 to what you want.

BTW the wifi K4 has no trouble with 8080, 8081 (2 servers: Mine, Wife's)

[MasterCATZ]

Originally Posted by theducks

use your router to port forward/map 80 to what you want.

BTW the wifi K4 has no trouble with 8080, 8081 (2 servers: Mine, Wife's)

thanks for your reply

Thats what I did but I would rather Not have it on open to public port 80

I have it on 8686 and most others are either 81 ~ 89 or 8081 ~ 8089 and a few other simple combinations

I love my webui's :P

I am using Gen 3 wifi 3G keyboard kindle

it may not actually be on the kindle side of things it might just be the ISP amazon has chosen to use here for the 3G in AU blocking out the other ports

this missis ran of with the kindle when she left last week .. so I am hoping to prey it outta her hands this weekend when she comes back for further testing

[Sardog]

I have my content server running nicely daemonized on my Linux Debian Squeeze box with the library sitting on an NDAS network drive, but... and I know I sound like a newbie, which I mostly am..... I really don't understand what this line in the manual means with reference to the --develop option - "serves code files (html, css, js) from the file system instead of calibre's resource system." Any help?

[MasterCATZ]

as someone else has posted an daemon related question

my new ? would be is their a way for the calibre server to automatically convert books via the web gui ?

[morantis]

Grab one of those cheap $100 netbooks and throw Linux on it with the server software. The purpose of this would only be to avoid being an "open" network. You can, obviously run the netbook only at the times when you need to connect, and you can take it with you easily. At home, you can fiddle with most routers and create a routing table that only allows that specific MAC address to connect to any given port, without knowing the router brand and model I cannot say where you will find that, but look for things like "static" routes and maybe a NAT table, search around and you can find it.

[toddos]

Originally Posted by Sardog

I have my content server running nicely daemonized on my Linux Debian Squeeze box with the library sitting on an NDAS network drive, but... and I know I sound like a newbie, which I mostly am..... I really don't understand what this line in the manual means with reference to the --develop option - "serves code files (html, css, js) from the file system instead of calibre's resource system." Any help?

The --develop option is for developers running calibre from source code rather than from a shipped package. It's safe to ignore that option if you don't know what it's for