Bookologia is an open-source, self-hosted book search engine designed to help users find books quickly and efficiently. It features a specialized scraping engine that collects metadata from Goodreads, allowing users to access detailed book information with a single command. The app can be easily hosted locally using Docker, offering a simple and effective experience for book enthusiasts. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Bookologia on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

⚠️Note: This app requires a NAS with a minimum of 32GB of RAM.

• STEP 1

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• STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

• STEP 3

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 4

In the Name field type in bookologia. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  bookologia-es:
    image: yousb0t/bookologia-elastic:latest
    container_name: Bookologia-ES
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/9200' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
      - discovery.type=single-node
      - xpack.security.enabled=false
    ports:
      - 9200:9200
    restart: on-failure:5

  bookologia-app:
    image: yousb0t/bookologia-app:latest
    container_name: Bookologia-APP
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/5001' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
      - 5032:5001
    depends_on:
      - bookologia-es
    restart: on-failure:5

• STEP 5

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

• STEP 6

If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

• STEP 7

Please Support My work by Making a Donation. Almost 99,9% of the people that install something using my guides forget to support my work, or just ignore STEP 1. I’ve been very honest about this aspect of my work since the beginning: I don’t run any ADS, I don’t require subscriptions, paid or otherwise, I don’t collect IPs, emails, and I don’t have any referral links from Amazon or other merchants. I also don’t have any POP-UPs or COOKIES. I have repeatedly been told over the years how much I have contributed to the community. It’s something I love doing and have been honest about my passion since the beginning. But I also Need The Community to Support me Back to be able to continue doing this work.

• STEP 8

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:5032 Click Register. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Type in your own details, then click Register. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

Wait a few seconds for the account to be created. After that, go to the next STEP.

• STEP 11

Type in your own Email and Password that you have previously added at STEP 9, then click Login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Use the search filed to search a book. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Bookologia!

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If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Bookologia container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Bookologia work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Bookologia container with the latest image.
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This post was updated on Saturday / June 7th, 2025 at 5:44 PM