LazyLibrarian
In this guide, we will be setting up LazyLibrarian for the first time. LazyLibrarian is a program to follow authors and grab metadata for all your digital reading needs. This guide assumes the following:
- You have a working Torrent Client Setup
- You have LazyLibrarian installed and ready for configuration
- You have Jackett installed for use with certain Providers
Secure your WebUI
Upon loading LazyLibrarian, You will need to navigate to Config to list all the settings required to begin using LazyLibrarian; your first step must be to go to Interface > Access Control. Then fill in the desired Username and Password, then click Save. You will need to restart LazyLibrarian from your User Control Panel; then, upon starting, you will need to log in with username and password that you previously set.
Connect your Download client
We will continue by adding Downloaders. Switch over to the Downloaders tab.
NZBGet
NZBget Details (NON SSL) | Value |
NZBGet Host | servername-direct.usbx.me |
Port | Port taken from UCP |
Username | Username taken from UCP |
Password | Password you set during install of NZBget |
Category | You may need to set a new Category in NZBget for this to do so, access NZBget WebUI and go to settings >> Categories >> Scroll to the bottom add new >> save changes >> restart NZBget when prompted |
Priority | This can be left at 0 |
Sabnzbd
Sabnzbd Details (NON SSL) | Value |
Sabnzbd Host | servername-direct.usbx.me |
Port | Port taken from UCP |
Username | Username taken UCP |
Password | Password you set during install of Sabnzbd |
Category | You may need to set a new Category in Sabnzbd for this to do so, access Sabnzbd WebUI and go to Config (Cog Icon) >> Categories |
Priority | This can be left at 0 |
Sabnzbd API Key | Found in Sabnzbd WebUI and go to Config >> General >> Scroll down for your API Key |
Sabnzbd URL Base | This can be left blank as this is a non SSL Connection |
Ext Host/Port | This can be left blank as Sabnzbd runs on the same machine as LazyLibrarian. |
Deluge Web
Deluge Details | Value |
Deluge Host | username.servername.usbx.me |
Daemon or webUI Port | 443 |
Username | Blank |
Password | Password you set during install of Deluge |
Label | You may need to set a new Label in Deluge. For this, to do so, access Deluge WebUI and go to Preferences plugin's then enable Label plugin. This will bring up label in the left-hand panel right-click this to add a new label. |
Download Directory | This can be left blank, and Deluge will use the Default Download Directory |
Deluge Certificate | This can be left blank |
Deluge URL Base | deluge |
qBittorrent
qBittorrent Details | Value |
qBittorrent Host | https://username.servername.usbx.me |
qBittorrent Port | 443 |
Username | username |
Password | Password you set during install of qBittorrent |
Download Directory | This can be left blank, and qBittorrent will use the Default Download Directory |
qBittorrent URL Base | qbittorrent |
rTorrent
ruTorrent Details (NON SSL) | Value |
rTorrent Host | https://username.servername.usbx.me/RPC2 |
rTorrent User | Username taken from UCP |
rTorrent Pass | Password taken from UCP |
rTorrent label | Can be left blank |
rTorrent Directory | Leave blank |
Configure Automatic Import and Sort
The following section is Processing. We will highlight only the sections that require editing to help speed up the Setup Process.
Status
Status Option | Value |
Missing Book Status | Recommended to set as wanted as any Missing items you will likely want to fill |
New Book Status | Recommended to set as wanted as any new releases from an author you will likely want to fill |
New AudioBook Status | Recommended to set as wanted as any new releases from an author you will likely want to fill |
New Authors eBook Status | Recommended to set as wanted as any new releases from an author you will likely want to fill |
New Authors AudioBook Status | Recommended to set as wanted as any new author added will likely have a back catalog |
New Found Status | Recommended to set as wanted as anything new found in an author catalog will likely be wanted |
New Series Status | Recommended to set as wanted as you will likely want anything from a new series |
Include other books by new authors | This will include details for other books by new authors found in wishlists or csv files, or when manually importing a book by a new author |
Folders
Folders Option | Value |
Download Directories | Should be set as your main download client completed Folder, for example /home/usbdocs/files You can add multiple by separating them with a ,(comma) |
eBook Library Folder | Folder you'd like to store your Ebook formats in after processing |
AudioBook Library Folder | Folder you'd like to store your Audiobook formats in after processing |
Alternate Import/Export Folder | Think of this as a Watch Folder LazyLibrarian will watch this Folder for any content that matches any wanted content. It should be a different folder to your main download directories |
Add your first Author
Your first step in adding a new Series/Author/ISBN Number, is to click Series in the top bar and locate the Search bar in the right-hand corner.
The next screen will present you with your possible results. Just click the green button to add the Author.
If you require further assistance, you can open a support ticket here!
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