Gitbook template

A Gitbook project template. This template has the following features,

• PlamntUML support, using bitjourney/plantuml-service.
• Ready for output PDF, EPUB and MOBI files.
• Configured VSCode Tasks and Recommended extensions.

Dependencies

Required

• Docker

Recommended

• Visual Studio Code
• LiveReload: Chrome Extention

Usage

This Docker image for gitbook is manage markdown files in gitbook directory.

Initialize

Run the following command, to init your gitbook

$ curl https://codeload.github.com/HeRoMo/gitbook-template/zip/master -O
$ unzip master
$ mv gitbook-template-master your-gitbook-name
$ cd your-gitbook-name
$ docker-compose run --rm gitbook init

After init, gitbook directory will be created. If you want, modify gitbook/book.json for your gitbook.

Run local server

Run the following command, to start gitbook server.

$ docker-compose up

Open http://localhost:4000, after docker containers are started.

If you use Chrome browser with LiveReload extention, Reload automatically after modify *.md files.

Output PDF, EPUB and Mobi files

Run the following command, output PDF file as book.pdf

$ docker-compose run --rm gitbook pdf

Run the following command, output EPUB file as book.epub

$ docker-compose run --rm gitbook epub

Run the following command, output MOBI file as book.mobi

$ docker-compose run --rm gitbook mobi

Related Project

• hero/gitbook - Docker Hub

License

MIT. see LICENSE