That’s it! Calibre-web will connect to the database and you will be able to edit books, add shelves, manage users, etc. Since we are using LazyLibrarian to snatch and process books, our database is located where our library is.

This should have been setup when mapping directories within the Docker container. Upon opening Calibre-web you will be directed to input the location of your Calibre database (metadata.db). Click 'Start wireless device connection' option will jump out of a window. Then click 'Start Content server' and 'Start wireless device connection' from the drop-down list.

Once Calibre-web is running it will stay open in the background and can be opened using your favorite internet browser and navigating to When prompted to login, use the default values. Click 'Connect/share' option on the navigation. We use the Docker version on our Linux server and you can read about how to install that here. User management with per-user permissions.We do not run the stand alone version of Calibre, but instead use a build of LazyLibrarian which has Calibre built in. Calibre-Web is an eBook viewer which uses an existing Calibre database to pull content.

How to setup calibre server