Ubooquity - Comics and Ebooks Server

Ubooquity is a free, lightweight and easy-to-use home server for your comics and ebooks. Use it to access your files from anywhere, with a tablet, an e-reader, a phone or a computer.

Main features Simple graphical interface to configure your server in a few minutes Web administration page available if you prefer to do everything through your browser User management with secured access, to decide who can see what Online comic reader to read your comics without downloading huge files Compatible with Calibre metadata, for better ebooks collection management Can be installed on any OS supporting Java (Windows, Linux, Mac OS...) and on a wide range of hardware (desktop computer, server, NAS...)

tutorial video: Link
offical website: Link

install requirements

# if you want the gui (optional)
jre7-openjdk

# for cli server
jre7-openjdk-headless


# download ubooquity
wget "http://vaemendis.net/ubooquity/service/download.php" -O ubooquity.zip
unzip ubooquity.zip
mkdir -p ~/.binary/ubooquity
mv Ubooquity.jar ~/.binary/ubooquity

aliases

# add these to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc and reload your shell

PATH_UBOOQUITY=~/.binary/ubooquity
ubooquity() { cd $PATH_UBOOQUITY && nohup java -jar $PATH_UBOOQUITY/Ubooquity.jar -webadmin -headless >/dev/null 2>&1& }
ubooquity-gui() { cd $PATH_UBOOQUITY && nohup java -jar $PATH_UBOOQUITY/Ubooquity.jar -webadmin >/dev/null 2>&1& }
ubooquity-quit() { kill $(ps -ef | grep '[U]booquity.jar' | awk '{print $2}') ;}
ubooquity-status() { 
	if ps -ef | grep '[U]booquity.jar' > /dev/null
	then
		echo "Ubooquity is running on http://localhost:2202"
		echo "To change settings use http://localhost:2202/admin"

	else
		echo "Ubooquity has stopped"
	fi
}

configuration

ubooquity
ubooquity-status

run the ubooquity command then open browser to: http://localhost:2202/admin

start services

crontab -e

@reboot sleep 180 && cd ~/.binary/ubooquity && java -jar Ubooquity.jar -webadmin -headless

references

http://vaemendis.net/ubooquity/static5/documentation

contact

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