# FreeNAS Service jails Manual setup of various services in FreeNAS jails. I have found manually set up services to be much more reliable then using FreeNAS' built in plugins. ## Deluge Setup of a jail for deluge server. ### FreeNAS Configuration #### User Use the media user from FreeNAS, It's important to check the UID and GID match up with the user's for any datasets shared with the jail. I have found the media user is usually already correctly matched. Create a dataset for deluge and mount to your desired location inside the jail. Mount the desired location inside the jail, I mounted mine to the `${HOME}/.config` directory of my deluge user. ### jail The following sections were done inside the jail. #### Install Deluge Install `deluge` or `deluge-cli` depending on what you want installed. Since this is a headless server I'm only installing the CLI version. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade pkg install deluge-cli ``` #### Init Script Setup `/etc/rc.conf` ```shell sysrc 'deluged_enable=YES' 'deluged_user=media' ``` #### Start Service ```shell service deluged start ``` ## Couchpotato Install [couchpotato](https://couchpota.to/#freebsd) freebsd version from git. ### FreeNAS UI Create database dataset couchpotato and mount to `/var/db/couchpotato`. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade ``` Install required tools ```shell pkg install python py27-sqlite3 fpc-libcurl docbook-xml git-lite ``` Use user media, clone to a temp repo in `/var/db`. ```shell cd /var/db git clone https://github.com/CouchPotato/CouchPotatoServer.git temp ``` Move the bare repo that was just cloned to the dataset we mounted earlier to `/var/db/couchpotato`. ```shell mv temp/.git couchpotato/ rm -rf temp ``` Switch to the `media` user and reset the repo to HEAD. ```shell su media cd couchpotato git reset --hard HEAD exit ``` As root, copy the startup script to `/usr/local/etc/rc.d` and make the startup script executable. ```shell cp couchpotato/init/freebsd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchpotato chmod 555 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchpotato ``` Read the options at the top of `/usr/local/etc/rc.d/couchpotato`. If not using the default install, specify options with startup flags. ```shell sysrc 'couchpotato_enable=YES' sysrc 'couchpotato_user=media' sysrc 'couchpotato_dir=/var/db/couchpotato' ``` Finally, start couchpotato. ```shell service couchpotato start ``` Restart the jail, open your browser and go to . ## Emby ### FreeNAS Create dataset, mount at `/var/db/emby` ### Jail In the jail, update all packages and install `emby-server`. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade pkg install emby-server ``` ### FFMpeg It's recommended to install ffmpeg from ports so that certain compile time options can be enabled. Update the FreeBSD ports tree ```shell portsnap fetch extract update ``` Remove the default ffmpeg package ```shell pkg delete -f ffmpeg ``` Reinstall FFMpeg from ports with lame option enabled ```shell cd /usr/ports/multimedia/ffmpeg && make config ``` * enable the lame option * enable the ass subtitles option * enable the opus subtitles option * enable the x265 subtitles option Compile and install. ```shell make install clean ``` ### ImageMagick It is recommended to recompile the graphics/ImageMagick package from ports with the following options . * disable (unset) 16BIT\_PIXEL (to increase thumbnail generation performance) Delete the imagemagick pkg. ```shell pkg delete -f imagemagick ``` Install from ports ```shell cd /usr/ports/graphics/ImageMagick && make config ``` * Disable the 16BIT\_PIXEL option ```shell make install clean ``` ## Emby Start Options Set the rc script executable. ```shell chmod 555 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/emby-server ``` Check the options. ```shell less /usr/local/etc/rc.d/emby-server ``` Set emby to start on boot and change the options based on setup. ```shell sysrc 'emby_server_enable=YES' sysrc 'emby_server_user=media' sysrc 'emby_server_group=media' sysrc 'emby_server_data_dir=/var/db/emby-server' ``` Start the emby service. ```shell service emby-server start ``` ## Pod ### In Jail Enter jail. ```shell jexec pod tcsh ``` Update. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade ``` ### Requirements ```shell pkg install bash libxslt wget curl ``` bash requires fdescfs(5) mounted on /dev/fd, add to boot tasks in FreeNAS UI. ```shell mount -t fdescfs fdesc /mnt/tank/jails/pod/dev/fd ``` ### Create User Create user 'pod'. ```shell adduser pod Username: pod Full name: Podcatcher Uid (Leave empty for default): Login group [pod]: Login group is pod. Invite pod into other groups? []: media Login class [default]: Shell (sh csh tcsh git-shell nologin) [sh]: bash Home directory [/home/pod]: Home directory permissions (Leave empty for default): Use password-based authentication? [yes]: Use an empty password? (yes/no) [no]: yes Lock out the account after creation? [no]: Username : pod Password : Full Name : Podcatcher Uid : 1001 Class : Groups : pod media Home : /home/pod Home Mode : Shell : /usr/local/bin/bash Locked : no OK? (yes/no): yes adduser: INFO: Successfully added (pod) to the user database. Add another user? (yes/no): no Goodbye! ``` ### Install bashpod Clone the script. ```shell su pod cd /home/pod git clone https://github.com/johnramsden/bashpod.git ``` ### FreeNAS Task In order to run from FreeNAS, create a new task that runs the bashpod script. ```shell jexec -U pod pod /usr/local/bin/bash -c "/home/pod/bashpod/bashpod.sh" ``` ## Sabnzbd ## FreeNAS Create dataset, mount at `/var/db/sabnzbd` ### Jail Enter jail. ```shell jexec sickrage tcsh ``` Update and install sabnzbd. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade && pkg install sabnzbdplus ``` ```shell sysrc 'sabnzbd_enable=YES' sysrc 'sabnzbd_user=media' sysrc 'sabnzbd_group=media' sysrc 'sabnzbd_conf_dir=/var/db/sabnzbd' ``` Restart jail Edit config in `/var/db/sabnzbd`, change host to `0.0.0.0` ## SickRage ### In Jail Enter jail. ```shell jexec sickrage tcsh ``` Update. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade ``` Install requirements. ```shell pkg install py27-sqlite3 ``` Install SickRage. ```shell cd /var/db git clone https://github.com/SickRage/SickRage.git temp mv temp/.git sickrage/ rm -rf temp chown -R media:media sickrage/ su media cd sickrage/ git reset --hard HEAD ls runscripts/ ``` Copy the startup script ```shell cp /var/db/sickrage/runscripts/init.freebsd /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sickrage ``` Make startup script executable ```shell chmod 555 /usr/local/etc/rc.d/sickrage ``` Add settings to rc.conf ```shell sysrc 'sickrage_enable=YES' sysrc 'sickrage_user=media' sysrc 'sickrage_group=media' sysrc 'sickrage_dir=/var/db/sickrage' ``` Start SickRage. ```shell service sickrage start ``` ## Syncthing ### Create User Syncthing On FreeNAS with ID `983`, `nologin` ### In Jail Enter jail. ```shell jexec syncthing tcsh ``` Update and install syncthing. ```shell pkg update && pkg upgrade && pkg install syncthing ``` Add the following to `rc.conf`: ```shell sysrc 'syncthing_enable=YES' sysrc 'syncthing_user=syncthing' sysrc 'syncthing_group=syncthing' sysrc 'syncthing_dir=/var/db/syncthing' ``` ### Configure Start syncthing as an initial test: service syncthing start Edit vim `/var/db/syncthing/config.xml` and change the IP address which the GUI will be accessible from. This will enable accessing the GUI from a remote computer: Before: ```
127.0.0.1:8384
; xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; ``` After: ```
0.0.0.0:8384
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