Create Your Own Self-hosted, Internet-facing, Production-ready Audiobookshelf Server
Quick Links
- Audiobookshelf Home Page: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/
- Audiobookshelf Documentation: https://www.audiobookshelf.org/docs
- Audiobookshelf Source Code: https://github.com/advplyr/audiobookshelf
Introduction
Audiobookshelf is one of my favorite pieces of software nowadays. As a lover of audiobooks, but a despiser of DRM, Audiobookshelf is a real boon. I can buy my audiobooks from DRM-free stores like Downpour and libro.fm and load them into my Audiobookshelf instance and enjoy a user experience better than anything Audible can provide. See the bottom of this post for some suggestions of where to get DRM-free audiobooks.
But for most people there is a downside. Audiobookshelf is server-side open source software. It can be run relatively easily on your PC, but what if you want an internet-facing cloud instance that your family can use without being on your home network? One that has the bandwidth of a data center rather than being limited to your home internet upload speeds?
Here is a guide for that scenario. By following this guide, you will have yourself a production-ready instance (server) of Audiobookshelf. I’ll even help…