SABnzbd on IOmega/Lenovo IX4-300d NAS

Steven

SABnzbd makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything we can. All you have to do is add a .nzb. SABnzbd takes over from there, where it will be automatically downloaded, verified, repaired, extracted and filed away with zero human interaction. Here is my guide on how to install SABnzbd on your NAS!

Requirements

This guide is outdated, please use my NZBGet guide

– SSH Access(Guide Here)
– A startup Script(Guide Here)
– A Share called Downloads, or you can use any other share but make sure you change the commands to your share name.

Installing SABnzbd

/opt/bin/ipkg update

Then install the required apps :

/opt/bin/ipkg install python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl par2cmdline git unrar unzip gcc

This may take a few minutes. After completing, check for any errors before continuing. Then create a folder where we will download the SABnzbd client.

mkdir /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps/
mkdir /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd
mkdir /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/incomplete
mkdir /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/completed
chmod -R 777 /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/incomplete
chmod -R 777 /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/completed

cd /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps/

now download the source code from GitHub:

/opt/bin/git clone https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.git

when done, start SABnzb:

/opt/bin/python2.6 /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py --server 0.0.0.0 --daemon

now open SABnzb in your browser
http://[NAS IP]:8080

Configuring SABnzbd

In the access settings, you MUST choose the first option, you can set a username and password and enable https, leave the misc checkbox empty.

Now SABnzbd is ready, open the URL again and you’ll see the SABnzbd user webGUI:

http://[NAS IP]:8080

now click “Config” in the left top and go to folder settings, copy the settings below.

If you want SABnzbd to download only at night, go to the tab “schedule” and configure your schedule

To start the client automaticaly, add the folloing lines to your init-opt.sh script

PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
export PATH
/opt/bin/python2.6 /mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps/sabnzbd/SABnzbd.py --server 0.0.0.0 --daemon

echo "SABnzbd Started" >> /opt/init-opt.log

Now restart your NAS and the SABnzbd webgui should come online within a few minutes.

Extra - Unpacking password protected files

Navigate to your Downloads location(NAS//Downloads/SABnzbd) and create a new .txt file “passwords.txt” . Now open your SABnzbd in your internet browser, click config in the top left corner. Now click “Folders” and scroll down to “Password File” and paste this path :

/mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/passwords.txt

Whenever you want to download a password protected file, add the password to the .txt file. (every password should be on a new line)(Long password files will dramatically increase unpack time, keep your password file clean!)

Extra - Auto add .nzb's

Open your SABnzbd download folder and create a new folder called “nzb”. Then open SABnzbd and click “Config” in the top left corner, then click “Folders”. Paste the following link in the ” Watched Folder” textbox :

/mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/SABnzbd/nzbs

Then change “Watched Folder scan speed” to whatever you want and click “Save Changes”.

Every .nzb file you copy in this folder will be added automatically and removed from the folder.

32 Responses

Guy says:

December 19, 2013 at 11:49 am

I give as a server “reader.ipv6.xsnews.nl” into sab.
But when testing I get “Invalid server address.”
I think I need to set up IPv6 access somewhere or something.
But I do not see immediately how.

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1. Steven says:
  
  January 7, 2014 at 1:21 am
  
  I seem to have the same problem with this server, Python or Sabnzbd should not be the problem here since they are both up to date, I also found that my internet provider and the IX4-300d don’t support ipv6 but i’m not sure if this would affect software aswell.
  
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Alfred says:

January 22, 2014 at 9:44 am

I have 3 warnings unzip, unrar, par2 not found, is that a problem

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1. Steven says:
  
  February 3, 2014 at 3:04 pm
  
  in the startup script, did you paste “PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin” before starting the server?
  
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  1. alfred says:
    
    February 3, 2014 at 6:00 pm
    
    that was the solution, found it out myself, now i want to set the ix4-300d up as webserver, but the conf files of apache is on read only file system
    
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    1. Crrispy says:
      
      March 26, 2017 at 5:25 pm
      
      Hello, did you sort out the read only problem? I would like to change the Apache config, but cannot modify the httpd* conf files, read only filesystem.. where is it mounted as read-only i the startup of the ix4-300d ?
      
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Marius says:

April 21, 2014 at 11:06 am

Hi, did You notice very high system/network load?
I’am not able to download with speed more then 4 MB/s, while on windows machine with same configuration it is no problem to download with 12 MB/s (my max speed connection).
Also it happens that playback lags very badly when SABnzb is running on my lenovo (not even downloading just running) when I shutdown SAB lags disappear.
Do You have any solution for that?

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Steven says:

April 21, 2014 at 1:55 pm

For some reason the download speed is limited to 4-5 MB/s. I am not having problems with playback however i disabled the build in “Media server” since it does not work very well and causes high system load even without custom servers… Are you connected with 100Mbit or 1Gbit connection? 100Mbit will not be enough for downloading and streaming HQ video’s at the same time.You can always try to bind the 2 network adapters to double your speed.

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1. Marius says:
  
  April 21, 2014 at 2:19 pm
  
  Do You think that this issue will be resolved?
  Or maybe You know why this restriction exist?
  
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  1. Steven says:
    
    April 21, 2014 at 2:50 pm
    
    I don’t know why it’s limited and it probably won’t be fixed :s
    
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Ray says:

April 24, 2014 at 12:45 am

Getting this message any ideas? I am complete noob to this.

root@MilyardMedia:/# root@MilyardMedia:/# /opt/bin/ipkg install python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl par2cmdline git unrar unzip gcc
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 4.
-sh: root@MilyardMedia:/#: No such file or directory
Collected errors:
Cannot find package python26.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package py26-cheetah.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package py26-openssl.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package par2cmdline.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package git.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package unrar.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package unzip.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
Cannot find package gcc.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’
root@MilyardMedia:/#

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1. Steven says:
  
  April 24, 2014 at 7:33 am
  
  try running “/opt/bin/ipkg update” first… also make sure your NAS is connected to the internet since ipkg will download these apps.
  
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rmilyard says:

April 24, 2014 at 9:44 pm

Steven any chance and an updated guide for installing this all? I have a new IX4-300d getting and would like to get it running.

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1. Steven says:
  
  April 26, 2014 at 3:09 pm
  
  The guide is still correct and working
  
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  1. rmilyard says:
    
    April 26, 2014 at 4:03 pm
    
    Getting ready today to setup my second ix4-300d. I have one that will be stock to house all my movies etc. I was thinking about setting this second one up with these programs to pretty much use for TV shows. I am not a Linux guy by any means and don’t want to mess this up.
    
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    1. Steven says:
      
      April 26, 2014 at 4:34 pm
      
      as long as you copy&paste all lines correctly and double check/read all the steps it should work just fine.
      
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Nick Wood says:

April 28, 2014 at 2:44 am

When I start up SAB, it says
2014-04-27 18:31:27,625 WARNING: unzip binary… NOT found!
2014-04-27 18:31:27,622 WARNING: unrar binary… NOT found
2014-04-27 18:31:27,619 ERROR: par2 binary… NOT found!

root@NAS:/# /opt/bin/ipkg install python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl par2cmdline git unrar unzip gcc
Package python26 (2.6.8-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package py26-cheetah (2.4.2.1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package py26-openssl (0.10-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package par2cmdline (0.4-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package git (1.8.4.2-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unrar (5.0.12-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unzip (6.0-2) installed in root is up to date.
Package gcc (4.2.3-1) installed in root is up to date.
Nothing to be done
Successfully terminated.

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1. Steven says:
  
  April 28, 2014 at 7:01 am
  
  seems that your PATH variable is not set correctly, paste following line on top of your startup script:
  PATH=$PATH:/opt/bin
  
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  1. Nick Wood says:
    
    May 3, 2014 at 12:13 am
    
    Awesome thanks!
    
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Marius says:

May 26, 2014 at 7:42 pm

Hi Steven,
I was searching for the answer for the slow download and I think it is because there is only 512 MB Ram in lenovo.

Solution to this could be installing nzbget – it is sabnzb alternative for devices with low memory. On their website there is info that it is possible to install it from optware but I when I try it I get error:

Cannot find package nzbget.
Check the spelling or perhaps run ‘ipkg update’

Can You please write a tutorial how to install it. And while You are at it maybe nzbdrone? It is so painful that sick beard doesn’t handle failed downloads and nzbdrone handles it quite well.

If You need some one to test it please write to me.

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1. Steven says:
  
  May 27, 2014 at 7:57 am
  
  As far as I know it is not possible to bypass this limit, other download servers are also limited however I’m not sure if the build in transmission client is limited as well
  
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rmilyard says:

July 22, 2014 at 7:49 pm

Steven next errors:

Doing

/opt/bin/ipkg install python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl par2cmdline git unrar unzip gcc

I get this:

root@MilyardMedia2:/# /opt/bin/ipkg install python26 py26-cheetah py26-openssl par2cmdline git unrar unzip gcc
Package python26 (2.6.8-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package py26-cheetah (2.4.2.1-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package py26-openssl (0.10-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package par2cmdline (0.4-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package git (1.8.4.2-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unrar (5.0.12-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unzip (6.0-2) installed in root is up to date.
Installing gcc (4.2.3-1) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 22.
Collected errors:
ipkg_download: ERROR: Command failed with return value 3: `wget –passive-ftp -q -P /opt/ipkg-5yYGjA http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk‘
Failed to download gcc. Perhaps you need to run ‘ipkg update’?
root@MilyardMedia2:/#

Then if I try this:

/opt/bin/git clone https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.git

In the Downloads/.apps

I get:

root@MilyardMedia2:/mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps# /opt/bin/git clone https://github.com/sabnzbd/sabnzbd.git
Cloning into ‘sabnzbd’…
warning: templates not found /opt/share/git-core/templates
fatal: Unable to find remote helper for ‘https’
root@MilyardMedia2:/mnt/pools/A/A0/Downloads/.apps#

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1. Steven says:
  
  August 3, 2014 at 1:04 pm
  
  try running “/opt/bin/ipkg update” before installing the apps.
  
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  1. Marius says:
    
    August 3, 2014 at 6:50 pm
    
    That is exactly what I was doing. It is according to this instruction http://stevenbreuls.com/2013/04/sabnzbd-on-iomegalenovo-ix4-300d-nas/” and I have the same error.
    
    BTW, is it ok that /opt/bin/ipkg directory is deleted after every restart?
    
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Marius says:

August 1, 2014 at 6:15 pm

Hi,
I have exactly the same problem.

“Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/ncursesw_5.7-2_arm.ipk
ipkg: write: No space left on device”

Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk
Configuring bzip2
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/bzip2 to /opt/bin/bzip2-bzip2
Configuring diffutils
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/cmp to /opt/bin/diffutils-cmp
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/diff to /opt/bin/diffutils-diff
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/diff3 to /opt/bin/diffutils-diff3
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/sdiff to /opt/bin/diffutils-sdiff
Configuring expat
Configuring git
Configuring libcurl
Configuring libdb
Configuring libstdc++
Configuring ncurses
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/clear to /opt/bin/ncurses-clear
Configuring ncursesw
Configuring openssl
Configuring par2cmdline
Configuring py26-cheetah
Configuring py26-openssl
Configuring python26
Configuring rcs
Configuring readline
Configuring sqlite
Configuring unrar
Configuring unzip
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/unzip to /opt/bin/unzip-unzip
Configuring zlib
An error ocurred, return value: 22.
Collected errors:
ipkg_download: ERROR: Command failed with return value 3: `wget –passive-ftp -q -P /opt/ipkg-rXPB0T http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk‘
Failed to download gcc. Perhaps you need to run ‘ipkg update’?
”

What is strange that there is a problem gcc (the last one), if i try to install again all the packages I get:

Package py26-openssl (0.10-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package par2cmdline (0.4-4) installed in root is up to date.
Package git (1.8.4.2-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unrar (5.0.12-1) installed in root is up to date.
Package unzip (6.0-2) installed in root is up to date.
Installing gcc (4.2.3-1) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 22.
Collected errors:
ipkg_download: ERROR: Command failed with return value 3: `wget –passive-ftp -q -P /opt/ipkg-aFBC6Y http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk‘
Failed to download gcc. Perhaps you need to run ‘ipkg update’?

But after restart script will install them again. Is it possible that they get deleted every time NAS restarts?

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1. Steven says:
  
  August 3, 2014 at 1:03 pm
  
  you can try running “/opt/bin/ipkg” update before installing the apps, check if this fixes your problem.
  
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Marius says:

August 1, 2014 at 6:31 pm

Just to clarify it is a clean NAS installation. I’ve updated firmware, pulled out all the HDD’s, cleaned them under windows machine, put them back again, did full factory reset and then tried to install SABnzbd.

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Steven says:

August 2, 2014 at 6:29 pm

i will look into these problems asap

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Marius says:

August 4, 2014 at 4:44 pm

Like I wrote before /opt/bin/ipkg update doesn’t work. I was using it from the beginning.
Any idea why directory /opt/bin/ipkg is deleted after every restart?
Maybe it has something to do with permissions?

Also this is getting me worried:

“Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/ncursesw_5.7-2_arm.ipk
ipkg: write: No space left on device”

How can it be out of space? Or maybe it is possible to install it to polls?

Did You get the same error?

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Marius says:

August 5, 2014 at 3:12 pm

HI.
Today (after restart when every thing was deleted) I started with gcc and it was successful.
After that I downloaded python and it crashed.
Here is the log:

root@NAS:/# /opt/bin/ipkg install gcc
Installing gcc (4.2.3-1) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/gcc_4.2.3-1_arm.ipk
Installing binutils (2.19.1-1) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/binutils_2.19.1-1_arm.ipk
Installing libc-dev (2.5-5) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/libc-dev_2.5-5_arm.ipk
Installing libnsl (2.5-4) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/libnsl_2.5-4_arm.ipk
ipkg: write: No space left on device
Configuring binutils
update-alternatives: Linking //opt/bin/strings to /opt/bin/binutils-strings
Configuring gcc
Configuring libc-dev
Configuring libnsl
Successfully terminated.
root@NAS:/# /opt/bin/ipkg install python26
Installing python26 (2.6.8-1) to root…
Downloading http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/python26_2.6.8-1_arm.ipk
^Cxsystem: ERROR: Child process died due to signal 2: `wget –passive-ftp -q -P /opt/ipkg-TtcgZY http://ipkg.nslu2-linux.org/feeds/optware/cs08q1armel/cross/unstable/python26_2.6.8-1_arm.ipk‘
Nothing to be done
An error ocurred, return value: 22.
Collected errors:
Failed to download python26. Perhaps you need to run ‘ipkg update’?
root@NAS:/#

I think it has something to do with to low memory on the device.

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mike says:

August 11, 2014 at 5:15 pm

I have the same problem since the latest firmware. No space on device is the error message I receive.

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rodrigo says:

August 16, 2014 at 7:13 pm

Did anyone find a solution?
It’s very annoying !!

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