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Command Line Interface

Ozzie Isaacs edited this page Jan 3, 2021 · 14 revisions

Command line options

Starting the script with -h lists all supported command line options.
Currently supported are several options, which are useful for running multiple instances of Calibre-Web, and other administrative tasks.

-p path allows to specify the location of the settings database
-g path allows to specify the location of the google-drive database
-c path allows to specify the location of SSL certfile, works only in combination with keyfile
-k path allows to specify the location of SSL keyfile, works only in combination with certfile
-f activates the filepicker for the Calibre Database in the unconfigured/inital mode *)
-v shows the current version info and exits
-i ip-address limits the listening address of the server to the given ip-address
-s user:password tbd

Starting Calibre-Web with -k "" -c "", deactivates the ssl-server, it falls back to non-ssl, so you can change the ssl settings.

*) This feature is deactivated by default to keep the directory tree of your server private (for security reasons)

Environmental variables

Calibre-Web supports the following Environmental variables.

CALIBRE_DBPATH allows to set the home directory for calibre-web's settings files (app.db, calibre-web.log, gdrive.db)
CALIBRE_PORT allows to set the default listening port during creation of the settings database. Afterwards the port which is configured in the UI, is used.