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:

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

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

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~~ 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.

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

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.

You can access NZBGet under SSL via https://{username}.{servername}.usbx.me. No further configuration is needed.