Overview
Calibre-Web sign-in
The Calibre-Web sign-in page, served on first boot with a per-instance administrator password and no setup wizard.
Calibre-Web sign-in
Library view
Administration
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Overview Calibre-Web is a clean, modern, self-hosted web interface for browsing, reading and downloading the books in a Calibre ebook library. It offers an in-browser ebook reader, full-text search, custom shelves, user management, Kobo sync and an OPDS feed so dedicated reading apps can pull straight from your library. This image delivers Calibre-Web fully installed and configured with an empty library ready for your books, so a complete ebook server is running within minutes of launch.
Application Stack Calibre-Web runs from a dedicated Python virtual environment, served on loopback and fronted by nginx on port 80. The companion calibre tools are installed so the library can be managed from the command line, and an empty Calibre library is initialised on a dedicated storage volume, with the application pre-configured to use it so no setup wizard is required.
Secure By Default On the first boot of your instance a one-shot service rotates the built-in administrator account to a fresh password, unique to that instance, and writes it to a root only file. No shared or default credentials ship in the image.
Ready To Use The application, web server and library are all configured. Browse to the instance address, sign in as the administrator, upload your EPUB, PDF, MOBI and other ebook files, organise them into shelves, and read them in the browser or sync them to your reading device over OPDS.
cloudimg Support 24/7 technical support by email and chat. Help with Calibre-Web deployment, upgrades, library migration, OPDS and Kobo sync configuration, user management, reverse proxy and TLS termination.
Use Cases A private, self-hosted ebook library in your own VPC. A family or team book server with per-user accounts and shelves. An OPDS catalogue for dedicated ereader apps. A compliant alternative to public ebook cloud services for organisations with data residency requirements.
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Highlights
- Calibre-Web, the open source web library for browsing, reading and downloading your Calibre ebook collection with an in-browser reader and OPDS feed, preinstalled with nginx and an initialised library ready to use with no setup wizard
- Secure by default: the built-in administrator account is rotated to a fresh, per-instance password on first boot and stored in a root only file - no shared or default credentials ship in the image
- 24/7 technical support from cloudimg for deployment, upgrades, library migration, OPDS and Kobo sync configuration and TLS termination
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Dimension | Description | Cost/hour |
|---|---|---|
m5.large Recommended | m5.large | $0.08 |
t3.micro | t3.micro instance type | $0.04 |
t2.micro | t2.micro instance type | $0.04 |
m8id.2xlarge | m8id.2xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
r6in.16xlarge | r6in.16xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
r7i.4xlarge | r7i.4xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
r5ad.24xlarge | r5ad.24xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
m6id.xlarge | m6id.xlarge instance type | $0.12 |
m5n.2xlarge | m5n.2xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
m5n.24xlarge | m5n.24xlarge instance type | $0.24 |
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Version release notes
Initial release of Calibre-Web 0.6.26 ebook library server.
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Usage instructions
Connect via SSH on port 22 as the default login user for your operating system variant (the user guide lists it per variant; on Ubuntu it is 'ubuntu'). Calibre-Web is served on port 80. Retrieve the generated administrator password with: sudo cat /root/calibre-web-credentials.txt. Browse to http://<instance-public-ip>/ and sign in as the 'admin' user. Upload books from the Calibre-Web UI, or manage the library on the command line with calibredb against /var/lib/calibre-web/library. The OPDS feed is at http://<instance-public-ip>/opds. Services are managed with systemctl (nginx, calibre-web). To enable HTTPS, follow the Let's Encrypt section of the user guide.
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