Kavita

A frequently asked question we get from customers is if we have support for Kavita. At the time of writing, we don't officially support it, but it can be installed using a script a community member has written.

Kavita is a full-fledged, fast, cross-platform, & open-source manga, comic, and book server. Built from the ground up with a focus on manga and a goal of being a full solution to your reading needs. Set up your own server and share your manga, comics, and e-book collection with your friends and family.

Installation

This installer will not be secured by default. Please change this password and be sure to disable uPNP and other discovery ports after setup. Please consider reading the script on GitHub before running it. The installer will output a port number with how to access the Kavita install on completion. Please remember this number.

bash <(curl -sL "https://github.com/brettpetch/hosted-scripts/raw/master/kavita.sh")

:::tip If something goes wrong during your install, please consider checking the logs. You may find them by running the following:

less -r +G ~/.logs/kavita.log

These can be helpful in cases where you need to see the output from installation. ::: On first run, go to https://<hostname.io>:<yourportnumber> to access Kavita. This should ask you for a login. You will also receive a warning about SSL, which can be ignored safely.

The default login to the program is admin/admin.

Controlling the Systemd Service

systemctl (start|stop|restart|reload|enable|disable) --user kavita

Troubleshooting

I Can't Remember my Port Number

Run jq .Port "$HOME/Kavita/config/appsettings.json" via ssh. This should respond with the correct port number.

Viewing logs

:::tip
For application specific logs, consider running the following:

systemctl --user status kavita

You can exit less by pressing q at any point. :::