Remote access from dedicated server

[TheCrach]

So I have SABnzbd running on my dedicated server but I'd like to dowload nzbs from my pc and let sab download on my server. Is this even possible and how would I do it.

[shypike]

You just need a way to send the NZB files to SABnzbd.
SABnzbd has an API that allows upload of NZB files.
If you expose SABnzbd on your server to internet, then the API is accessible too.
There are even NZB indexers that can send files directly to SABnzbd through the API.
An alternative is to FTP the files to the server and have SABnzbd pick them up
from its watched folder.

[TheCrach]

Ok thanks that makes sense, let's make it a little more complicated though. I'm using couch potato and I'm stuck here.



I click test and it just fails, I want to run CP on my PC but have all the downloads happen through SABnzbd on my server.

[shypike]

If SABnzbd and SickBeard run on different computers, then you need to
enter the public IP address of your SABnzbd server and not "localhost".

[TheCrach]

so I would just put 0.0.0.0 because that's what sabnzbd has.

[TheCrach]

ok I just changed the host on SAB to my dedicated server IP address and then I put that in couch potato but it still says it failed.

[shypike]

Can you access SABnzbd on the server from a web browser on another PC?

[TheCrach]

No I can't access it at all.

[shypike]

That's the first problem to solve.
First of all you need to set the SABnzbd host address to 0.0.0.0
or to the IP address of the server.
Assuming the server is directly connected to Internet, so without a NAT router,
that would be your public IP address.
Should you have a NAT router in between, then use the local IP address
and setup port redirection on the router.

[TheCrach]

I've done both

googled "what's my ip" on the server and put the IP in the host box in SAB. I then put that in couch potato and it still fail.

I've also tried 0.0.0.0.

[shypike]

Is the server connected directly to Internet or through a NAT router?

[TheCrach]

The internet