| Update | Date |
|---|---|
| Added Docker Compose details Added new folder mappings to ensure atomic moves and Hard-linking | 03/05/2021 |
| Guide re-written and updated with DSM7 screenshots | 01/08/2021 |
| Added note about rebooting if you are unable to access the Setup Wizard | 25/11/2021 |
In this guide I will take you through the steps to get SABnzbd up and running in Docker.
In order for you to successfully use this guide please complete the two proceeding guides
Downloading the Container
In the majority of my guides I use the containers made by LinuxServer, these have very good documentation and are very well maintained so should any issues arise there is a group of people to ask.
Open up Docker within DSM and navigate to the ‘Registry’ section and search for sabnzbd in the search box. Right click and download the Linuxserver version.
When asked make sure you choose ‘Latest’ from the list of available versions
You can check the status of the download over on the ‘Image’ tab.
Setting up the container
In Docker click on the ‘Image’ tab, in the list of your containers select the ‘Linuxserver Sabnzbd’ image and click on ‘Launch’
You will now see the initial setup screen, if you want to you can change the name of the container to something else, or if you are using a number of services on a machine with a limited amount of memory or lower powered CPU you can also setup resource limitations, but this is generally not required.
Next up we are going to click on the ‘Advanced Settings’ button, this will take you to a new window with a number of tabs which we are going to work through.
On the first tab enable ‘Auto Restart’ this will ensure SABnzbd will automatically start up whenever you reboot your NAS.
Volumes / Mounts
We can now move onto the volume tab in which we will be specifying the directories where SABnzbd will store its configuration files and where to download to.
Click on Add Folder, click on the docker folder and create a new sub-folder called ‘sabnzbd’ select this folder and click ‘select’
Click Add Folder again and this time select the ‘data/usenet’ folder and click Select.
Now we have added these we need to specify where they will be mounted inside the container. As per the screenshot/table below:
| File/Folder | Mount path |
|---|---|
| docker/sabnzbd | /config |
| data/usenet | /data/usenet |
Network
We are not going to be specifying specific ports for SABnzbd to use as we want to keep things simple, tick the ‘Use the same network as Docker Host’
Links / Port Settings
You do not need to setup anything on these tabs.
Environment Variables (PGID, PUID and Timezone)
Next we are going to setup a couple of environment variables that docker will use to allow the container access to our files and folders and also to tell it where we live in the world.
Click the Add button, and fill in the following details as per the table/screenshot, you will need to do one at a time.
| variable | Value |
|---|---|
| PUID | The UID you obtained in the user setup guide |
| PGID | The GID you obtained in the user setup guide |
| TZ | Your timezone wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones |
Almost done
You have now completed the setup of the container, click on Apply to move back to the initial settings screen and then click next, you will be shown an overall summary of the settings we have specified, this is a good time to double check everything is correct. Finally click on Done and the container should start to boot.
Some final steps
SABnzbd will now be running on port 8080 you can connect to it by going to the IP address of your NAS with that port
e.g 192.168.0.40:8080
Once you have completed the setup wizard, go into the settings and amend your folders to the following
(Please note if you have trouble accessing the setup wizard or get an error after the first step you may need to re-boot your NAS – I am not sure why this happens for some but not others)
| Setting | Path |
|---|---|
| Temporary Download Folder | /data/usenet/intermediate |
| Completed Download Folder | /data/usenet/completed |
| Watched Folder | /data/usenet/nzb |
Docker Compose
You can use the below code saved as sabnzbd.yml in the docker share, this will do the entire process above in one quick command via SSH. Ensuring you change the variables to your own
version: "3.2"
services:
linuxserver-sabnzbd:
image: linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest
container_name: sabnzbd
environment:
- PUID=YOURUID
- PGID=YOURGID
- TZ=Your/Timezone
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/sabnzbd:/config
- /volume1/data/usenet:/data/usenet
network_mode: host
restart: unless-stoppedsudo docker-compose -f /volume1/docker/sabnzbd.yml up -d --remove-orphansThrow me some bits or buy me a coffee?
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I’d like to use a different port for sabnzbd. How can I set that up in the network settings installation?
Hey, when setting up don’t tick the ‘Same as network host’ check box, then on the ports page you will need to change the port that says AUTO to your specified port number, the other port leave as it is.
Worked perfectly, thank you!
Great tune thank you but you’ve missed out on an important bit in the setup in the Categories tab in SABnzbd and this bit has me confused as I know it’s needed.
The other thing that confuses me is that for some unknown reason I cannot for the life of me see Volume 1 to get to my Media. It just won’t show for some reason.
You can add categories if you like, I just cover the initial setup… You won’t see the volumes in the syno GUI they are hidden you just map the shares you require.
Also to add if you add categories don’t add any paths, let Sonarr and Radarr handle the file moves
Can you make one of your guides for installing plex on DM7? I loved the SAB,Sonarr and Radarr guides THANK YOU Very Much!
Yes, it’s in the works.
I just receive a ‘500 Internal Server Error’ when attempting to move to /sabnzbd/wizard/two page on the sabnzbd setup wizard. It seems to be complaining about Pyhton 3.8.
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py”, line 638, in respond
self._do_respond(path_info)
Maybe try downloading the image again.
same.
cause and solution?
Thanks for jumping through some hoops in Discord – The solution seems to be to delete all the files SAB creates at first start up in the /docker/sabnzbd folder and start again… It seems like a bug at startup.
doesn’t seem to resolve my issue. I’ve stopped, deleted the contents of the folder numerous times with no luck. Ive also redownloaded the image and resetup the container with no luck, always get the same “Traceback (most recent call last):
File “/usr/local/lib/python3.8/dist-packages/cherrypy/_cprequest.py”, line 638, in respond
self._do_respond(path_info)”
Very weird, it’s hard to call what could be causing it. As it’s effects some people buy not others. It would be a good idea to post this as an issue on the Linuxserver discord https://discord.com/invite/YWrKVTn
I’m having the same issue. Tried the same things, no luck.
It’s worth reporting this as an issue on Github as it seems to be affecting a number of Synology users
Did you sort this, according to the linuxserver github they fixed this issue last year? did a restart of the container help?
Hi – I never actually got the wizard/two page to load but by restarting my php installation and restarting the containers I was just able to login to the SAB interface without issue, just using the IP:port address. I cannot say why the error happened, I’ve not looked into root cause.
I encountered the same error, and when I checked on the installed packages in my Package Center it had Python2 installed, not Python 3.8. So I just selected Python 3.8 to install, rebooted the NAS, and SABnzdb worked.
The container has all the required packages within it, it must have just been the reboot that fixed it.
Hello, I have had the same problem… I solved it by restarting the NAS…
Thanks a lot for this awesome guide !
Many thanks for this – this worked perfectly for me on Synology 1821+