Komga is a free and open-source web comics and eBooks server for organizing and accessing digital files. It makes it easy to manage your electronic book and comic collections, and it can run on NixOS.
In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Komga on NixOS Latest.
Before you begin, ensure that you have:
To add Komga to NixOS, you will need to modify the system configuration file. Open the file /etc/nixos/configuration.nix in your favorite text editor.
sudo nano /etc/nixos/configuration.nix
Add the following lines to the file:
services.komga.enable = true;
services.komga.port = 8080;
services.komga.dataDir = "/srv/komga/data";
services.komga.logsDir = "/var/log/komga";
}
Save the file and exit.
Run the following command to update NixOS:
sudo nixos-rebuild switch
This command will rebuild the system and activate the changes made to the configuration file.
Once the rebuild is complete, you can start Komga using the following command:
sudo systemctl start komga
To enable Komga to start at boot, use the following command:
sudo systemctl enable komga
You can now access Komga by navigating to http://your-server-ip:8080 in your web browser.
Congratulations! You have successfully installed Komga on NixOS Latest. You can now use Komga to manage and access your electronic book and comic collections from the comfort of your browser.
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