Initial Setup and Configuration
Here, we'll be setting up NZBGet for the first time. In this guide we'll be doing the following tasks:
- Login to the NZBGet instance for the first time
- Change ControlUsername and ControlPassword
- Add Usenet indexers
You may also need the following:
- A Usenet service provider, you can find a list of different providers here: https://www.reddit.com/r/usenet/wiki/providers
- An indexer to obtain
.nzb
files, these are used to tell the server where to find the files
Initial Setup
First Login
- After installation, run the commands below in SSH. This is to ensure that NZBGet is pointed to the correct folders in your slot.
sed -i "s|MainDir=/downloads|MainDir=$HOME/.config/nzbget|g" "$HOME"/.apps/nzbget/nzbget.conf
app-nzbget restart
- Upon clicking connect, you'll be greeted by this window. Enter the default credentials shown below
username: nzbget
password: tegbzn6789
- Once logged in, you'll be greeted with the main interface of NZBget.
Changing ControlUsername and ControlPassword
- Here, we'll be replacing the default credentials. Go to the Settings tab.
- Under Settings -> Security, there should be two options named ControlUsername and ControlPassword.
- Change both fields to your preferred credentials.
- Please make sure that the username and password you chose is unique and is not used in any of your accounts
- Scroll down a bit to find FormAuth then click yes
- FormAuth allows you to login via login credentials on the webpage instead of the basic browser popup. This is particularly useful for password managers as some do not auto-fill basic browser popups.
- This is a recommended step. You may opt to skip this if you prefer the default behavior, which is basic auth.
- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page and click Save all changes
- A confirmation window shows that the configuration has been saved successfully.
- Click Reload NZBGet to restart the application and to apply the new configuration.
- Once it's been reloaded, you'll be greeted with this window. Enter your new credentials here and click Login
Adding News Servers
- You can add your news servers in Settings -> News-Servers section.
- Once you've added the necessary information. Click Save all changes and Reload NZBGet to load the new configuration.
Running NZBGet under SSL
You can access NZBGet under SSL via https://{username}.{servername}.usbx.me
. No further configuration is needed.