Kavita¶

Kavita is an eBook server for PDFs and EPUBs.

There is an official image for this service that we'll use: jvmilazz0/kavita.

Pre-Installation¶

We'll create a folder in the main user's home where all the service's data will be saved.

mkdir ~/services/media/kavita

Docker Compose¶

Kavita will be run using Docker Compose. The content of the docker-compose.yml file is as follows:

services:
  web:
    image: jvmilazz0/kavita:latest
    restart: unless-stopped
    networks:
      default:
      proxy_external:
        aliases:
          - kavita
    volumes:
      - ./data:/kavita/config
      - /media/sata_2tb/Books:/books
    environment:
      TZ: America/Guayaquil
    labels:
      traefik.enable: true
      traefik.docker.network: proxy_external
      traefik.http.routers.kavita.rule: Host(`subdomain.example.com`)
      traefik.http.routers.kavita.entrypoints: public
      traefik.http.routers.kavita.service: kavita@docker
      traefik.http.services.kavita.loadbalancer.server.port: 5000

networks:
  proxy_external:
    external: true

Reverse Proxy¶

This service is exposed by a reverse proxy. More specifically, it is using Traefik.

For this reason, you will see that this service has:

1. A directive to connect it to the proxy_external external network.
2. A container alias for the proxy_external network.
3. A number of labels with names starting with traefik.

If you're not using a reverse proxy, feel free to remove these from the docker-compose.yml file. Keep in mind you might need to bind the ports to connect to the service instead.

Running¶

Start up the service with:

docker compose up -d

That's it! The service will auto-start on system startup and restart on failure.