[HOWTO] install Sickrage in my Sabnzbd Jail

[rockking]

I searched and searched (cause i'm a noob when it comes to Linux) for a 'how to' for installation of Sickrage in my Sab jail.
Google was not my friend, so i went over to the github Sickrage did a little browsing and in the base directory there was a init file for freebsd.
That was when i thougt hey maybe i can work with that.

First open a shell and go to your jail:

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jexec "Sabnzbd" csh

Change Sabnzbd with your jail name.

I did not install py and dep, because i already installed them with the Sab install.
I used the Sabguide as a reference for the steps i had to go through.
If you are installing in a fresh jail i suppose you need the same packages as Sab uses, they were:

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pkg install python27 py27-sqlite3 unzip py27-yenc py27-cheetah py27-openssl py27-feedparser py27-utils unrar par2cmdline

Probebly not the unrar en par2 zip packages but i dont know that for sure.

The first thing i did was:

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fetch https://github.com/SiCKRAGETV/SickRage/archive/master.zip

But that generated a ssl error in my jail.

So after another google session i found:

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setenv SSL_NO_VERIFY_PEER

Now it was downloading fine.

So my next step was to unpack and move:

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tar -xzf marster.zip
rm master.zip
mv Sickrage-master Sickrage
mv Sickrage /usr/local/share 

Close and save.

The next step was to create a sickbeard startup script:

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ee /etc/rc.d/sickbeard

Paste the following code from https://github.com/SiCKRAGETV/SickRage/blob/master/init.freebsd

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#!/bin/sh
#
# PROVIDE: sickbeard
# REQUIRE: LOGIN
# KEYWORD: shutdown
#
# Add the following lines to /etc/rc.conf.local or /etc/rc.conf
# to enable this service:
#
# sickbeard_enable (bool): Set to NO by default.
# Set it to YES to enable it.
# sickbeard_user: The user account SickRage daemon runs as what
# you want it to be. It uses '_sabnzbd' user by
# default. Do not sets it as empty or it will run
# as root.
# sickbeard_group: The group account SickRage daemon runs as what
# you want it to be. It uses '_sabnzbd' group by
# default. Do not sets it as empty or it will run
# as wheel.
# sickbeard_dir: Directory where SickRage lives.
# Default: /usr/local/sickbeard
# sickbeard_datadir: Data directory for Sick Beard (DB, Logs, config)
# Default is same as sickbeard_dir
. /etc/rc.subr
name="sickbeard"
rcvar=${name}_enable
load_rc_config ${name}
: ${sickbeard_enable:="NO"}
: ${sickbeard_user:="_sabnzbd"}
: ${sickbeard_group:="_sabnzbd"}
: ${sickbeard_dir:="/usr/local/sickbeard"}
: ${sickbeard_datadir:="${sickbeard_dir}"}
pidfile="/var/run/sickbeard/sickbeard.pid"
command="/usr/local/bin/python2.7"
command_args="${sickbeard_dir}/SickBeard.py --datadir ${sickbeard_datadir} -d --pidfile ${pidfile} --quiet --nolaunch"
start_precmd="sickbeard_prestart"
sickbeard_prestart() {
if [ -f ${pidfile} ]; then
rm -f ${pidfile}
echo "Removing stale pidfile."
elif [ ! -d ${pidfile%/*} ]; then
install -d -o ${sickbeard_user} -g ${sickbeard_group} ${pidfile%/*}
fi
if [ ! -d ${sickbeard_datadir} ]; then
install -d -o ${sickbeard_user} -g ${sickbeard_group} ${sickbeard_datadir}
fi
}
run_rc_command "$1"

Next thing make it executable:

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chmod 755 /etc/rc.d/sickbeard

Now edit /etc/rc.conf:

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ee /etc/rc.conf

And add the following:

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sickbeard_enable="YES"
sickbeard_user="root"
sickbeard_group="wheel"
sickbeard_dir="/usr/local/share/Sickrage/"
sickbeard_datadir="/usr/local/share/Sickrage/"

Replace the user and group with a user u created. (root can really fock up your media lib)

I made some mistakes in the above used a user i didn't created yet and my folder naming was off.
This resulted in not starting of sickrage, the jail log only mentioned failed start.
So if you cannot start, try to run it from command line this way u will see what goes wrong.

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/etc/rc.d/sickbeard start

When I right my wrongs the process was running and i could reach it via http://jailip:8081

I hope this helps another noob, hahah
If you see any mistakes or have pointers to improve this how to, feel free to reply !

[Barnabas]

Thanks for posting this. I got mine working with Sabnzbd as well (installed from ports).
Just a FYI for those interested:
I had an error updating Sickrage from the Sickrage web GUI (it would not complete the upgrade and would hang).
Turns out that my python setup was not 100% complete, I needed additional packages to complete the python path to make it work with the shbang #!/usr/bin/env python commonly used in scripts.
I had to install:
1) lang/python2

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cd /usr/ports/lang/python2/ && make install clean

2) lang/python

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cd /usr/ports/lang/python/ && make install clean

Now "#!/usr/bin/env python" works in all my scripts as it should.

[Zoffrany]

Thanks for the post as well. For those wrestling with the unrar issue: UnRar Executable not found. The problem is that unrar is not in the path. I don't know how to properly fix it, but I have a 'dirty' solution:

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pkg install unrar
which unrar
-->/usr/local/bin/unrar

cd [installdir]/sickrage/lib/unrar2
vi unix.py
--> change: 
--> for command in ('unrar', 'rar'):
--> to
--> for command in ('/usr/local/bin/unrar', 'rar'):

Goodluck.

[antking3806]

I was unable to get the unrar working trying the steps above. even stranger I switched back to a previous ver of Sickrage from my previous NAS4Free setup where the unrar worked but now it doesn't.
Any words of wisdom would be great.

[antking3806]

I got it working! I deleted the installed unrar pkg and installed unrar 4.x then followed your instructions and it started working. Thanks for the help!

[elvincent]

I'm also a noob, and trying to install sickrage on N4F but I don't intend to use Sabnzbd, can I install it separately and just use the built in bittorrent (Transmission) to download?

[jamaroney]

I don't intend to use Sabnzbd, can I install it separately and just use the built in bittorrent (Transmission) to download?

Yes

[madd0x]

Hi everyone,

Everything worked perfectly (except for the tiny typo when unzipping the sickrage file) thanks for the great tutorial !

However when trying to start sickbeard, i get the following error.

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Welcome to NAS4Free!
nas4free: ~# service thebrig onestart video
Starting jails: security.jail.enforce_statfs: 0 -> 0
Failed to import required libs, please run 'pip install --user -U -r /usr/local/share/Sickrage/requirements.txt' from console

nas4free: ~# jexec 4 csh
root@video:/ # /etc/rc.d/sickbeard start
Starting sickbeard.
root@video:/ #

I can't figure out why this doesn't work when the jail starts while the same command works when used straight after booting up the jail.

Any help ?

Maddox