Docker container - need to access other volumes

Whalehead · Yesterday, 09:15 PM

I've installed Calibre in a docker container. It wants to look for my eBooks in /config/Calibre... but all of my eBooks (60GB) are on a share on /volume2/eBooks. How can I make Calibre/docker access my other volume? I did not allocate 'data' space on volume1 - only apps!

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · Yesterday, 11:01 PM

If you want to specify a path to a library use the command line arguments. If you want to control locations of various other directories use the environmnet variables documented in the manual. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables

Whalehead · Yesterday, 11:35 PM

Thanks for the quick response. I will look at environment variables, but I think all I need is just the location of my ebook library. I don't know how to give a docker container 'command line arguments' - so I'll have to figure that out.

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · Yesterday, 11:38 PM

My advice would be to ditch docker, it provides nothing useful and just complicates your life. calibre binaries are already largely self contained, there is zero reason to dockerize them.

Yesterday, 09:15 PM	#1
Whalehead Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: Kindle Scribe	Docker container - need to access other volumes I've installed Calibre in a docker container. It wants to look for my eBooks in /config/Calibre... but all of my eBooks (60GB) are on a share on /volume2/eBooks. How can I make Calibre/docker access my other volume? I did not allocate 'data' space on volume1 - only apps! Thanks!

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Yesterday, 11:01 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,096 Karma: 22669824 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	If you want to specify a path to a library use the command line arguments. If you want to control locations of various other directories use the environmnet variables documented in the manual. https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/cus...ment-variables

Yesterday, 11:35 PM	#3
Whalehead Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2024 Device: Kindle Scribe	Thanks for the quick response. I will look at environment variables, but I think all I need is just the location of my ebook library. I don't know how to give a docker container 'command line arguments' - so I'll have to figure that out. Thanks!

Yesterday, 11:38 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,096 Karma: 22669824 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	My advice would be to ditch docker, it provides nothing useful and just complicates your life. calibre binaries are already largely self contained, there is zero reason to dockerize them.