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Allow access to the calibredb CLI

Feature Request

Since Calibre runs in a docker container, users don't currently have access to the calibredb command for managing our Calibre database via CLI. It should be technically possible to alias a docker exec command and give users access to that command. Would love to see it!

Posted by aborzoi ·
Status: Completed2 comments

Comments2

  • Tim Shaw

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    Jul 17, 2024

    The support team have advised that unfortunately a lot of the functions of these binaries are unavailable because Calibre runs through Docker. (e.g adding a book to a database). It would be great if there was a way to make this work, perhaps with a volume mount to a directory outside the container?

  • Vipin S.

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    Jun 3, 2024

    You can now access Calibre's internal binaries using its subcommand "app-calibre exec" via SSH. For more details, check its article here - https://docs.ultra.cc/books/calibre-calibre-web/page/calibre#bkmrk-calibre-cli