SabNzbd won't work (properly)

[Oelc]

I'm fairly new to Freenas and am upgrading form a synology with sabnzbd and sickbeard running on it. I want to do the same thing with Freenas except I seem to have issues with permissions i think.

My system exist of 2 zfs volumes: one for main storage and the other is an old ssd for plugins/jails and temp. storage for downloads. In my ssd volume i create two datasets: Jails and downloads. and set permissions to sabnzbd (created this user myself) and all 9 checkboxes are checked (777). I make two shares CIFS pointing to the two zfs volumes i created.

After that i install the sabnzbd from the plugins > available > sabnzbd > install > yes. After this is finished, I can run sabnzbd and access the quickstart, but i get a 'invalid server adress' when i test my server settings. The webgui of sabnzbd works all fine, but it won't fetch any nzb file nor will it save any changes i make in settings (i get an "failed") nor can i test my servers...

When i want to restart freenas in the hope all errors will disappear, i cant start sabnzbd plugin: 'some error occured'.

in the footer of freenas it says:
"manage.py: [plugins.utils:92] Couldn't retrieve http://192.168.8.209/plugins/sabnzbd/1/_s/status: HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway"


Also i can ping google.com and nslookup google.com from freenas shell. But when i use the jail shell from sabnzbd_1 it cant..


My system:
BuildFreeNAS-9.2.1.7-RELEASE-x64 (fdbe9a0)
PlatformIntel(R) Celeron(R) CPU G1820 @ 2.70GHz
Memory20112MB

 

[dlavigne]

Does the /etc/resolv.conf file in the jail match the one from the shell of the FreeNAS system?

 

[Oelc]

yes, the both say:
nameserver 212.54.40.25
nameserver 212.54.44.54

(I didn't know witch file from the jail you meant but:
..\Jails\.warden-template-pluginjail\etc\resolv.conf
is the same as:
..\Jails\sabnzbd_1\etc\resolv.conf
and they are also identical)

The resolv.conf from the shell of FreeNas i got from running "resolvconf -l" in the shell

 

[Oelc]

isn't there a special user/group for the Jails/plugins, which you can't see in the 'normal' way? (account > users or account > groups).

I find it rather strange and unsafe to open the shares/datasets to everyone, just so i can run a plugin. I remember when i installed sabnzbd on my synology (also not that easy to accomplish) there was a special user for sabnzbd.

 

[Whattteva]

yes, the both say:
nameserver 212.54.40.25
nameserver 212.54.44.54

(I didn't know witch file from the jail you meant but:
..\Jails\.warden-template-pluginjail\etc\resolv.conf
is the same as:
..\Jails\sabnzbd_1\etc\resolv.conf
and they are also identical)

The resolv.conf from the shell of FreeNas i got from running "resolvconf -l" in the shell

The file he wants is whichever jail is having problem (in your case, the sabnzbd). Since they're both identical, then this is obviously moot.

isn't there a special user/group for the Jails/plugins, which you can't see in the 'normal' way? (account > users or account > groups).

I find it rather strange and unsafe to open the shares/datasets to everyone, just so i can run a plugin. I remember when i installed sabnzbd on my synology (also not that easy to accomplish) there was a special user for sabnzbd.

Well, I don't know if there are any changes in 9.2.1.7 that would otherwise alter my understanding of the jails (9.1.1), but each jail basically has its own set of users/groups. It is, after all, designed to be a sandbox environment.
I personally do not use sabnzbd, but I believe, the convention for plugins is that a special user would be setup for whatever plugin service is running (in your case, sabnzbd). You can verify this with the command

cat /etc/passwd

It will typically be located near the bottom of the list. EDIT: Do this command from within the jail.

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

isn't there a special user/group for the Jails/plugins, which you can't see in the 'normal' way? (account > users or account > groups).

I find it rather strange and unsafe to open the shares/datasets to everyone, just so i can run a plugin. I remember when i installed sabnzbd on my synology (also not that easy to accomplish) there was a special user for sabnzbd.

users in a jails userland and in FN's userland are totally separate. the sab plugin runs as the 'media' user UID=816. this user only exists in the jail unless you create it in FN

 

[Oelc]

i tried a factory reset and create a user media wit id 816, before installing the plugin, without succes.

I think there maybe a problem with my router setup, why does the sabnzbd plugin needs a new ip-address? Why not use a port specifier at the end of a ip? Like 192.168.1.1:5053 (if freenas has ip 192.168.1.1).

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

you factory reset over a plugin?!

freenas installs plugins in FreeBSD jails. these are Virtual machines, that have their own network stack (IP address), isolated filesystem/userland. any jails you make need to be able to get their own IP. this works perfectly on any network I've ever managed(pfsense/ddwrt router). but it seems like some people have issues with this.

 

[Oelc]

while I'm still unable to get the plugin downloading i'm trying everything, some maybe a bit extreme.

What suggestion do you (or anyone) have to solve the problem? I cant:

1. save any settings in sabnzbd plugin
2. test a server
3. ping any address from sabnzbd jail. (or nslookup for that matter.

 

[Oelc]

i found a solution, by disabling in my routersettings:

-Enable internet access only for PCs allocated by DHCP Server
-Block MAC address on the list with wrong IP address
-Block MAC address not on the list

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

not, sure. the saving should work because sabnzbd should have permission to write in it's data directory. it's never not worked for me but maybe someone else will have an idea

 

[Oelc]

after i have added the mac-address of the jail and left 'Enable internet access only for PCs allocated by DHCP Server' unchecked, i can download and save settings, at last!

is there a option so you can let a dhcp server choose a ipaddress for the jail(s)?

 

[Joshua Parker Ruehlig]

I don't think so otherwise id use it. maybe just set the MAC-IP mapping in your router, while also setting the IP in the jail

 

[Oelc]

After a reboot i cant start sabnzbd anymore and get these error messages:

Sep 12 11:31:45 ***** manage.py: [freeadmin.navtree:526] Couldn't retrieve http://************/plugins/sabnzbd/1/_s/treemenu: HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway
Sep 12 11:31:50 ***** manage.py: [plugins.utils:92] Couldn't retrieve http://*************/plugins/sabnzbd/1/_s/status: HTTP Error 502: Bad Gateway