Docker container - need to access other volumes

[Whalehead]

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]

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]

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]

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.

[Whalehead]

Interesting... I have no love for Docker, it just seemed if Plex could access external media, so could Calibre? I looked at the environment variables, and while I can change the location of the database, I did not see anything to change the media path outside of the container. I also could not find anything in command-line options. This may be a testament to my inability to comprehend what I'm reading? - hehe.

So can I set up Calibre (web?) on my NAS server and use via web interface? This way I can use Calibre from all my devices?

[kovidgoyal]

calibre --with-library /path/to/calibre/library/folder

calibre --help

to learn about the command line options

[Wiggo]

Originally Posted by Whalehead

So can I set up Calibre (web?) on my NAS server and use via web interface? This way I can use Calibre from all my devices?

It's been too long since I used Calibre-Web, but it should all work if you follow the guideline from GitHub.
I think I set it up via Docker Compose back then and you can specify all the details in the yaml file

[rantanplan]

Originally Posted by Whalehead

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!

Can you please share your docker-compose.yml file? It shouldn't be more to do for you than correctly configuring the volumes parameters.

[Whalehead]

Yes, I did change the /volume1/docker/calibre:/:config:rw to /volume2/mypathto/ebooksshare:/config:rw... and it works just fine. Calibre is up and running in the docker container - accessing my ebooks share on another volume