BookLore is a self-hosted web app for organizing and managing your personal book collection. It provides an intuitive interface to browse, read, and track your progress across PDFs and eBooks. With robust metadata management, multi-user support, and a sleek, modern UI, BookLore makes it easy to build and explore your personal library. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install BookLore on your UGREEN NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest BookLore v1.8.1 release.

💡Note: Check out my guide on how to Install BookLore on Your Synology NAS.

• STEP 1

Please Support My work by Making a Donation.

• STEP 2

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

• STEP 3

Go to Files and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it booklore. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 4

Now create four new folders inside the booklore folder that you have previously created at STEP 3 and name them bookdrop, books, data, db. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

Populate the books folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 with your CBZ, CBR, PDF, EPUB files.

• STEP 6

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 7

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

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

services:
  mariadb:
    image: mariadb:11.4-noble #LTS Long Time Support Until May 29, 2029.
    container_name: BookLore-DB
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    hostname: booklore-db
    environment:
      MARIADB_DATABASE: booklore
      MARIADB_USER: bookloreuser
      MARIADB_PASSWORD: booklorepass
      MARIADB_ROOT_PASSWORD: rootpass
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/db:/var/lib/mysql:rw
    restart: on-failure:5
    
  booklore:
    image: ghcr.io/booklore-app/booklore:latest
    container_name: BookLore
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 6060 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    environment:
      USER_ID: 999
      GROUP_ID: 10
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      DATABASE_URL: jdbc:mariadb://mariadb:3306/booklore #Or jdbc:mariadb://booklore-db:3306/booklore if you Experience Connection Issues.
      DATABASE_USERNAME: bookloreuser
      DATABASE_PASSWORD: booklorepass
    depends_on:
      mariadb:
        condition: service_started
    ports:
      - 6060:6060
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/data:/app/data:rw
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/books:/books:rw
      - /volume1/docker/booklore/bookdrop:/bookdrop:rw #Files inside the bookdrop folder are automatically detected.
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for USER_ID and GROUP_ID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

• STEP 8

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 9

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

• STEP 10

🟢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 11

Please wait approximately 10 minutes or you will get a blank 500 error page if you try to connect too soon. 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://ugreen-ip-address:6060 If everything goes right, you will see the BookLore Registration page. Type in your own details, then click Create Admin Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 12

Type in your own Username and Password that you have previously added at STEP 11. Click Login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Wait approximately 1 minute to be able too see the “+ Create Your Library” button. Click + Create Your Library. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Type in a Name for the library, select the library icon, then check to enable the Monitor Folders option. Click Continue to Directories. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Click + Add Book Folder. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

In the apposite area, type in /books then Select the books path. Click Select Directories. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

Click Create Library. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 18

Wait a few minutes. The files that you have previously uploaded at STEP 5 will be processed. Click the Upload Book icon to upload new books. All the files will be automatically uploaded in the books folder that you have previously created at STEP 4, and automatically processed if you have selected the Monitor Folders option at STEP 14. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 19

Your BookLore stats at a glance!

Enjoy BookLore!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

Note: If you want to run the BookLore container over HTTPS, check out How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS on Your UGREEN NAS.
🆙Note/Update/Container: How to Update Your Docker Containers on UGREEN NAS Using Portainer.
🐳Note: How to Create Docker Shortcuts on Desktop.
🆕Note: How to Update Portainer to the latest version.

This post was updated on Tuesday / October 21st, 2025 at 10:35 AM