Setup Service on Linux

Start Calibre-Web as service under Linux with systemd

If you want to get Calibre-Web started automatically after reboot follow this instructions. Create a file cps.service as root in the folder /etc/systemd/system with the following content:

Replace the elements in {} like User, ExecStart and WorkingDirectory with your username and file- and foldernames.

Service file for installation via pip

Find the location of the Calibre-Web starterfile cps, this should be something like /home/<user>/.local/bin/cps.

[Unit]
Description=Calibre-Web

[Service]
Type=simple
User={Username}
ExecStart={path to starterfile}

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Another option is using {path to correct pythoninstance} -m cps in the ExecStart line of the starterfile. The correct python instance depends on how you installed Calibre-Web via pip (e.g. virtual environment, system interpreter)

Service file for manual installation ("from source")

[Unit]
Description=Calibre-Web

[Service]
Type=simple
User={Username}
ExecStart={path to python} {/PATH/TO/cps.py including cps.py}
WorkingDirectory={/PATH/OF/CPS.PY without cps.py}

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

E.g

nano /etc/systemd/system/cps.service

[Unit]
Description=Calibre-Web

[Service]
Type=simple
User=ubuntu
ExecStart=/opt/calibre-web/venv/bin/python3 /opt/calibre-web/cps.py
WorkingDirectory=/opt/calibre-web/

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Start Service

Enable the service. sudo systemctl enable cps.service

Start the service. sudo systemctl start cps.service

Check the status of the service or any errors. sudo systemctl status cps.service