A PC OR SERVER RUNNING UBUNTU, DEBIAN OR DOCKER
plus Audiobookshelf and a collection of digital audiobooks
1 SET UP YOUR FOLDERS
If you’re not familiar with docker, start by checking out the four-page tutorial in the October 2022 issue of Maximum PC. There, we set up a dedicated ‘dockeruser’ user for security purposes, and we’ll be using that user for this tutorial. Let’s start by setting up any required folders. Assuming you followed our September 2022 build feature, you’ll be accessing your server through the cockpit web interface. Log into your dockeruser account, select Terminal in the left-hand pane, and issue the following commands:
cd containers
mkdir audiobookshelf
>> This creates the/home/dockeruser/containers/audiobookshelf folder, which is where your Audiobookshelf settings will reside. Now create two more subfolders inside here:
cd audiobookshelf
mkdir config metadata
>> You don’t need to transfer any actual audiobooks or podcasts into this folder—they can be stored elsewhere on your system if you prefer. In our example, we’ll be storing them in separate folders within dockeruser’s home folder. If you’re wondering where you can source your audiobooks from, check out the sidebar on page 69.
to audiobooks, you may have accumulated a huge pile of CDs over the years or amassed an Audible library to be proud of. But why not convert those audiobooks into your own personal streaming
