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Calibre-Web Installation on TrueNAS Core 12:
-
Install Calibre-Web from the
Community
collection in thePlugins
panel -
Click on
MANAGE
to open your Calibre-Web (the credentials are written in the notes you just kept in the format[username]:[password]
) -
Now we're going to add our database (library). Go to the
Storage / Pools
panel and on your pool add a dataset (with SMB share type) -
Go back to the
Storage / Pools
, click on the vertical '...' of the Calibre dataset and click onEdit Permissions
:
- DELETE all items on
Access Control List
section - Add an item with who at
User
, Permissions atFull Control
and User at(your ID on the notes, mine is 488)
(it shows you an error message on the User but it works for me) - Add an item for you with your personal user or group (Permissions at
Full Control
) - Turn on
Apply permissions recursively
- Save
-
Now we will link this dataset with Calibre-Web (every plugin is into a 'jail', like Docker so we can not go to the good path directly). Turn off the Calibre by clicking on the STOP button
-
Go to the
Jails
panel, opencalibre
jail and click onMOUNT POINTS
-
On the
ACTIONS
button, click onADD
- Then select
Calibre
as the source and a new folder as the destination (just type with the keyboard the folder you want) - In this tutorial the destination
/mnt/test/iocage/jails/calibre/root/library
is used - Hit
SUBMIT
-
Go on the Calibre Desktop App (on your Windows or Linux) and click on
Library / Change/Create a library
Alternativly copy an already existing library to your NAS -
Select
\\[servername or ip]\[calibre dataset]
and checkCreate
-
Add every book you want
-
START Calibre-Web and click on
MANAGE
to go to the main page. After login, enter theLocation of Calibre database
. If you followed the tutorial exactly it's/library