KavitaReader

Network

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IP:	192.168.88.17
MAC:	F2:1A:93:6C:B2:83
Domain:	reader.flowerhouse.at

System

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OS:	Debian Bullseye
RAM:	1024MB
Cores:	4
Privileged:	Yes

The KavitaReader-LXC is reachable under 192.168.88.17 which is located in the ServerVLAN.

The subdomain is reader.flowerhouse.at which is handled by the ReverseProxy.

Basic Setup/Update

Download latest version

wget https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/download/v0.?.?/kavita-linux-x64.tar.gz

Untar it

tar -xvf kavita-linux-x64.tar.gz

Copy/Replace to path

cp Kavita/* /opt/Kavita -R
rm -r Kavita

Set rights for files

chown -R kavita:kavita Kavita
chmod -R 775 Kavita

systemd service

Create service file

nano /etc/systemd/system/kavita.service

Paste following content

[Unit]
Description=Kavita Server
After=network.target

[Service]
User=kavita
Group=jellyfin
Type=simple
WorkingDirectory=/opt/Kavita
ExecStart=/opt/Kavita/Kavita
TimeoutStopSec=20
KillMode=process
Restart=on-failure

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Reload systemd, enable at boot and start

systemctl reload
systemctl enable kavita
systemctl start kavita

Update Script

Bash script to update kavita reader:

                                                
#!/bin/bash

echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -e "- Which version do you want to update to?"
echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

read version

echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -e "- Update p4d to version ${version}?"
echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"

echo -e -n "Continue? [y/N]"
echo ""
read -n 1 c

if [ "${c}" != "y" ]; then
    exit 0
fi

systemctl stop kavita || exit 1
wget https://github.com/Kareadita/Kavita/releases/download/v${version}/kavita-linux-x64.tar.gz || exit 1
tar -xvf kavita-linux-x64.tar.gz || exit 1
rm kavita-linux-x64.tar.gz || exit 1
cp Kavita/* /opt/Kavita -R || exit 1
rm -r Kavita || exit 1
chown -R kavita:kavita /opt/Kavita || exit 1
chmod -R 775 /opt/Kavita || exit 1
systemctl start kavita || exit 1

echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"
echo -e "- Update to version ${version} completed!"
echo -e "-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------"