Fixes default authentication in docker-compose.yml

[Sterahi]

The current docker compose does not allow for authentication & provides a less than clear error (CWA_DB_PATH is set to /auth/app.db but this is not a valid path).

[Copilot]

Pull Request Overview

This PR attempts to fix authentication issues in the docker-compose.yml configuration by modifying the volume mount path for the authentication database file.

• Changes the commented volume mount from /cwa/config/path/app.db:/auth/app.db:ro to /cwa/config/path/app.db:/auth:ro

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[Copilot]

The volume mount path change is inconsistent with the CWA_DB_PATH environment variable. Line 17 sets CWA_DB_PATH: /auth/app.db, but this change mounts the database file to /auth instead of /auth/app.db. This will cause the error "CWA_DB_PATH is set to /auth/app.db but this is not a valid path" because the file won't be found at the expected location.

Either:

1. Keep the volume mount as /cwa/config/path/app.db:/auth/app.db:ro (revert this change), OR
2. Update line 17 to CWA_DB_PATH: /auth to match this volume mount change

Suggested change

	#- /cwa/config/path/app.db:/auth:ro
	#- /cwa/config/path.app.db:/auth.app.db:ro

[calibrain]

Could you share what is your current docker compose looks like ?

[Sterahi]

@calibrain Here you go

services:
  calibre-web-automated-book-downloader:
    image: ghcr.io/calibrain/calibre-web-automated-book-downloader:latest
    # Uncomment to build the image from the Dockerfile for local testing changes.
    # Remember to comment out the image line above.
    #build: .
    container_name: calibre-web-automated-book-downloader
    environment:
      FLASK_PORT: 8084
      LOG_LEVEL: info
      BOOK_LANGUAGE: en
      USE_BOOK_TITLE: true
      TZ: America/New_York
      APP_ENV: prod
      UID: 1000
      GID: 100
      CWA_DB_PATH: /auth/app.db  # Comment out to disable authentication
      # Queue management settings
      MAX_CONCURRENT_DOWNLOADS: 3
      DOWNLOAD_PROGRESS_UPDATE_INTERVAL: 5
    ports:
      - 8084:8084
    restart: unless-stopped
    volumes:
      # This is where the books will be downloaded to, usually it would be
      # the same as whatever you gave in "calibre-web-automated"
      - /tmp/data/calibre-web/ingest:/cwa-book-ingest
      # This is the location of CWA's app.db, which contains authentication
      # details. Comment out to disable authentication
      - /cwa/config/path/app.db:/auth:ro

It's the same as the default, but with the authentication enabled & with the one line change.