Servers
Unless you have an additional server to add, or need to correct anything you put in during the Quick-Start Wizard we should be able to skip the Server tab.
Scheduling & Email
I do not configure of these tabs (which is not to say that they are not useful). Hit up the SABnzbd+ Wiki and read about them for yourself. If you dig them, configure them, Save Changes, and move on.
Index Sites
SABnzbd+ directly supports two Index Sites, Newzbin and NZBMatrix. To use the Newzbin integration you simply need to sign up for an account and put in your login credentials under Newzbin Username and Newzbin Password (being a Premium member is also suggested).
To use NZBMatrix, you will need to be a paid VIP member. You will then need to put in your NzbMatrix Username (whatever you login with) and then your NzbMatrix API key. The API key can be found on this page if you’re signed in as a VIP member.
You do need to be a paid member to use NZBMatrix with Sick Beard and Couch Potato so this may be a worthwhile investment.
If you’re not sure which of the two index sites to use, get both as they each have their own strengths and weaknesses. I also recommend becoming a paid member to all the index sites that offer such “premium” or “VIP” type memberships. Most are cheap and will only serve you from here on out.
Note: To use Newzbin with Sick Beard, Couch Potato, and Headphones you will need to also add your credentials into SABnzbd+. This is not true of NZBMatrix, you only need it in Sick Beard, Couch Potato, or Headphones!
If you’ve changed anything here, Save Changes, and we’ll move on.
To install from the command line:
http://forums.sabnzbd.org/viewtopic.php?t=387&start=0
This will also trust the keys properly..
Hey Anonymous Coward,
Yeah that will work, but the keys should be trusted properly as outlined in my guide as well (and were in subsequent testing, I just ran into the bug once and wanted to note it, and an easy fix, in case others ran into the same hiccup ;) ).
The first two commands provided by JCFP can also be simplified greatly by using “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa”. Also, if you’re looking for a streamlined terminal option, I’d recommend checking out Mar2zz’s installation scripts (https://github.com/Mar2zz/LaSi).
He does a great job in this area, and it’s just not one I plan to focus on (as there are already tons of terminal based instructions out there).
Cheers!
Hey Anonymous Coward,
Yeah that will work, but the keys should be trusted properly as outlined in my guide as well (and were in subsequent testing, I just ran into the bug once and wanted to note it, and an easy fix, in case others ran into the same hiccup ;) ).
The first two commands provided by JCFP can also be simplified greatly by using “sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa”. Also, if you’re looking for a streamlined terminal option, I’d recommend checking out Mar2zz’s installation scripts (https://github.com/Mar2zz/LaSi).
He does a great job in this area, and it’s just not one I plan to focus on (as there are already tons of terminal based instructions out there).
Cheers!
Hi,
Firstly, thanks for an amazingly well-explained tutorial.
I’ve installed sickbeard, sabnzbdplus, couchpotato and headphones almost as per your guide, but ran into a few problems that others may too:
1. JCFP’s ppa gave me GPG errors on command line in apt and some other error in the software manager. I’m running oneiric, so I tried to change the release in the ppa to ‘natty’ but that didn’t seem to help. Instead I removed JCFP’s ppa and installed from the default repository.
2. I’m running all these on my HTPC (HP Proliant Microserver, Nvidia Geforce 210, Ubuntu Oneiric) and want to connect to the services from my home network (laptop & tablet). All services are running on the ports I selected, but are only accessible from the same machine except for sickbeard. Running the command:
netstat -anltp | grep “LISTEN”
shows sickbeard is listening on 0.0.0.0 while the rest are on 127.0.0.1. According to the all-knowing Google, when a service listens on 127.0.0.1 it is only accessible from the same machine, so I have to edit the others’ config for 0.0.0.0 rather than the ‘localhost’ or 127.0.0.1 that I’d set them to.
Ciao,
Greg
Hey Greg,
You’re welcome for the guides!
1. I’m not quite sure what problem you’re running into here. I’ve noticed some bugs with adding PPA’s via the GUI but via add-apt-repository I’ve not had any issues. I’d suggest retrying via the above command and see if that fixes the issues (it should allow you to update SABnzbd+ if so).
2. I generally don’t cover anything more than single system setups. But you can change Couch Potato to 0.0.0.0 via the General tab via its web interface. Sick Beard can be configured by going into your .sickbeard folder and opening up the config.ini file and changing the web_host line (should be third one from the top).
Take care!
daemox
I think the Sabnzbd+ build is missing?? It fails to download
Hey Matt,
The PPA is up and hasn’t gone down anytime that I’ve seen. You may need to add the repository via the command line/terminal due to an annoying bug in Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jcfp/ppa
That should get you going.
Issue with sabnzbd+ I’m hoping you guys can help me with.
I’m running Ubuntu 11.04. Currently, I’m wanting SAB to connect through a VPN connection that I create using OpenVPN. When I connect to the VPN, I receive an IP address (assigned dynamically). I don’t have a problem manually specifying that IP address when I launch SAB (input as the –server command line argument at the terminal). When doing that, everything works fine and SAB performs as expected. However, this setup is part of a standalone media center PC (SAB->SickBeard->XBMC), so I’m trying to automate this setup as much as possible. For instance, I have a cron job that runs every few minutes to check and see if the VPN is down. If it is down, the cron job will reestablish the VPN, which means a new IP address, which means I have to manually specify it to SAB….and on and on if/when the VPN goes down.
I’m a bit of a noob when it comes to Linux networking stuff, so maybe you guys can help me out. Maybe there’s a solution to this problem in port forwarding or a dyndns type thing. I dunno, as I’ve said, I’m new at this and googling hasn’t yielded me any good answers yet.
Just wanted to report back that a combination of this : http://debian-bits-and-snips.blogspot.com/2011/12/openvpn-with-hide-my-ass.html
and this: http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/k6bnt/any_suggestions_to_make_my_vpn_auto_reconnect_in/
should do the job.