Calibre-web DB Location is not Valid

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Hi there :wave:

I’m trying to spin up a calibre-web instance on my CasaOS install, but I haven’t been able to get past setting up the DB directory. No matter what dir I choose, I get the error message “DB Location is not Valid, Please Enter Correct Path”

Is this a file permissions thing? I have read elsewhere that the .db file itself needs to alre exist, but that doesn’t seem to be the case.

I’m kind of new to self hosting, and am running a raspberry Pi 5 on Debian.

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I don’t know if I’m missing important information but I will provide it if needed.

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Bump to just say that after further searches, I have learnt that I need to have an existing calibre db. One can’t simply create one using calibre-web. I don’t have enough docker knowledge yet to actually link a calibre container to a calibre-web one.

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Hey !

You need to upload a library, I mean “metadata.db” file in calibre web “Books” folder.

You will find the “Books” folder in this path : /DATA/Media/Books
=> Calibre Web creates a “Books” folder in Media.

Then you have to import all your ebooks in this path.

I did the same steps on this video, you can watch from 5:11 : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qPlTIM_IvU

I hope, it will help you

Greetings