Help with JRuehlig Installation & Configuration of FreeNAS Plugins

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I'm following the guide by JRuehlig https://www.jruehlig.com/wordpress/installation-configuration-of-freenas-plugins/

I don't understand what to do with this part. If you click on transmission in the plugins a box with option opens up. You have put in the Download directory and Encryption but there is no place for the other options.

Plugins > Transmission

• Download Directory = /mnt/media/downloads/transmission/complete
• Incomplete Download Directory = /mnt/media/downloads/transmission/incomplete
• Encryption = Require encryption
• Blocklist URL = http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz
• Downloaded Permissions = 777

I skipped those 3 step and got as far as the end of plugin jail command line
service transmission start && service sickrage start && service nginx start
and got this error.
root@download_jail:/ # service transmission start && service sickrage start && service nginx start
Starting transmission.
[13:23:23.726] Couldn't read "/usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json": Permission denied
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/transmission: WARNING: failed to start transmission

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I'm following the guide by JRuehlig https://www.jruehlig.com/wordpress/installation-configuration-of-freenas-plugins/

I don't understand what to do with this part. If you click on transmission in the plugins a box with option opens up. You have put in the Download directory and Encryption but there is no place for the other options.

Plugins > Transmission

• Download Directory = /mnt/media/downloads/transmission/complete
• Incomplete Download Directory = /mnt/media/downloads/transmission/incomplete
• Encryption = Require encryption
• Blocklist URL = http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=bt_level1&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz
• Downloaded Permissions = 777

I skipped those 3 step and got as far as the end of plugin jail command line
service transmission start && service sickrage start && service nginx start
and got this error.
root@download_jail:/ # service transmission start && service sickrage start && service nginx start
Starting transmission.
[13:23:23.726] Couldn't read "/usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json": Permission denied
/usr/local/etc/rc.d/transmission: WARNING: failed to start transmission

What version of the transmission plugin do you have installed?
Can you show the output of the following in transmission's jail.

Code:

ls -l /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json

 

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Transmission 2.82

root@download_jail:/ # ls -l /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
-rw------- 1 transmission transmission 2421 May 31 13:24 /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
root@download_jail:/ #

 

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2.82 was the latest on http://www.freenas.org/downloads/plugins/9/x64/ but I see their is 2.84_2 should I click the upgrade button in installed plugins?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

2.82 was the latest on http://www.freenas.org/downloads/plugins/9/x64/ but I see their is 2.84_2 should I click the upgrade button in installed plugins?

That's the old place plugins were hosted.
If you check my blog post I link to the transmission PBI to install from http://download.freenas.org/plugins/9/x64/

You can try the upgrade, it should work.

 

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I turned off the plugins and clicked update and got this error
Error: umount: /mnt/v1/jails/download_jail/mnt/media: not a file system root directory

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I turned off the plugins and clicked update and got this error
Error: umount: /mnt/v1/jails/download_jail/mnt/media: not a file system root directory

I've seen that error around this forum before. I'm not sure if it's a bug or configuration error but I would search around for a solution.

 

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Can I just install the new version of the plugin into the jail as originally directed and delete the old one or will I loose all the steps in your guide?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Can I just install the new version of the plugin into the jail as originally directed and delete the old one or will I loose all the steps in your guide?

I would delete it first, then install the newer version.

 

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It's better after deleting all the plugins and reinstalling the latest version. I ran thru the command line again to make sure all the step were there but most had to be redone. Got this error
root@download_jail:/ # service transmission start && service sickrage start && service nginx start
Starting transmission.
[2015-05-31 16:48:35.935 EDT] Couldn't read "/usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json": Permission denied
Starting sickrage.
Performing sanity check on nginx configuration:
nginx: the configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf syntax is ok
nginx: configuration file /usr/local/etc/nginx/nginx.conf test is successful
Starting nginx.

 

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root@download_jail:/ # ls -l /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
-rw------- 1 transmission transmission 2439 May 31 16:42 /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json

BTW on freenas plugins/installed transmission is off and all the others are on. It won't turn on.

 

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I continued with the rest of the plugin setup even though I couldn't get transmission running. When I tried to open Sickrage I got this
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 1313, in _execute
result = self.prepare()
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 2002, in prepare
raise HTTPError(self._status_code)
HTTPError: HTTP 404: Not Found

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

root@download_jail:/ # ls -l /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json
-rw------- 1 transmission transmission 2439 May 31 16:42 /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json

BTW on freenas plugins/installed transmission is off and all the others are on. It won't turn on.

You need to fix the ownership of that config file. Run this..

Code:

chown -R media:media /usr/pbi/transmission-amd64/etc/transmission/home/settings.json

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I continued with the rest of the plugin setup even though I couldn't get transmission running. When I tried to open Sickrage I got this
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 1313, in _execute
result = self.prepare()
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 2002, in prepare
raise HTTPError(self._status_code)
HTTPError: HTTP 404: Not Found

In the steps you changes the URL sickrage responds at. Add /sickrage to the URL.
http://jailip:8081/sickrage

 

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My jail is 192.168.1.160
Replace the relevant line in /var/db/sickrage/config.ini
web_root =http://192.168.1.160:8081/sickrage

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 1313, in _execute
result = self.prepare()
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 2002, in prepare
raise HTTPError(self._status_code)
HTTPError: HTTP 404: Not Found

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

My jail is 192.168.1.160
Replace the relevant line in /var/db/sickrage/config.ini
web_root =http://192.168.1.160:8081/sickrage

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 1313, in _execute
result = self.prepare()
File "/usr/pbi/sickrage-amd64/share/sickrage/SickRage/tornado/web.py", line 2002, in prepare
raise HTTPError(self._status_code)
HTTPError: HTTP 404: Not Found

I'm not sure what you are saying to me. If you set the web_root correctly to "/sickrage" and restarted sickrage, then you should be able to connect to..

http://192.168.1.160:8081/sickrage​

 

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it works if I just type in the url into the browser but not if I click "here" in the plugin.
When editing the /usr/local/share/nzbToMedia/autoProcessMedia.cfg should I put the web_root to http://192.168.1.160:8081/sickrage and the same for the other couchpotato?
Any ideas why transmission doesn't show on in the plugin/installed area?

Do you have a link that describes how to use Usenetserver VPN with the jail? I presume it will protect for all the plugins in the jail once installed.
Thanks so much for your patience.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

it works if I just type in the url into the browser but not if I click "here" in the plugin.
When editing the /usr/local/share/nzbToMedia/autoProcessMedia.cfg should I put the web_root to http://192.168.1.160:8081/sickrage and the same for the other couchpotato?
Any ideas why transmission doesn't show on in the plugin/installed area?

Do you have a link that describes how to use Usenetserver VPN with the jail? I presume it will protect for all the plugins in the jail once installed.
Thanks so much for your patience.

Correct, you have to type the URL out. The link won't work if you have changed the webroot. The reason I change the webroot is so I can access everything through NGINX. http://192.168.1.160/sickrage

No, when editing autoProcessMedia.cfg do exactly as I do on the blog (web_root = /sickrage) or it won't work.

All installed plugins should show on the Plugins > Installed tab. If not you are experiencing a bug.

There's no need to use a VPN to connect to a usenet server. You should already be connecting to your usenet provider over SSL so the connection just looks like a single encrypted pipe to anyone but the endpoints.

 

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Added a show to sickrage and getting these errors on transmission
Error: Unable to save resume file: Permission denied
I was hoping to use usenet not torrents as it is safer. Do I need to install a vpn to use the torrents safely.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

Added a show to sickrage and getting these errors on transmission
Error: Unable to save resume file: Permission denied
I was hoping to use usenet not torrents as it is safer. Do I need to install a vpn to use the torrents safely.

Is transmission running as the 'media' user (UID=816). Run "ps aux | grep transmission" in the jail.
Is transmission's download directory owned by the media user? If not run

Code:

chown -R 816:816 /path/to/downloads/transmission

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If you only want to use usenet only then you'll want to modify some of the steps on my blog post. You wouldn't even need to setup transmission, and should not enable torrents in sickrage/couchpotato.

If you use torrents people can see what you are sharing (unless you use a VPN). In my blog post I do setup a blocklist but this won't necessarily stop all snoopers.
I don't have experience with using transmission with a VPN but I have read of people doing it before.