just when I think I got everything working and figured out everything falls apart. It feels like I take one step forward and three steps back. once again I seem to have problems with gluetun as I'm unable to open qbit, sabn, radarr, prowlarr, lidarr,
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tomspark wrote:
That's the one I wanted to see, all errors gone and everything up. You pushed through a genuinely rough run tonight and came out the other side fully wired, both qBittorrent and SAB feeding every app. And honestly, thank YOU, your clear step-by-step reports pinned down a few rough edges we're already smoothing out so the next person doesn't hit them. Enjoy the stack, you earned it.
tomspark wrote:
Hey, I really hear the frustration here, one step forward and three steps back is exactly how it feels, but nothing's broken and nothing's lost. Quick reassurance on why they ALL went quiet at once: qbit, SAB, Radarr, Prowlarr and Lidarr all ride your VPN's connection on purpose, so if the VPN hiccups for a moment they hide together instead of leaking. That's the privacy safety net doing its job, not a crash. First thing to try, this sorts it most of the time: sudo sparkbox up Give it a minute and they should all come back. If they don't, just reply here and I'll have you grab the VPN's log so we can see exactly why it won't hold, and get you steady. You're not going backwards, promise.
jackhammer57 wrote:
sparkbox up worked. now I have the following errors Message Actions Download clients unavailable due to failures: qBittorrent Unable to communicate with qBittorrent. Failed to authenticate with qBittorrent. these are the 2 errors I'm getting in radarr, Sonarr, and lidarr. So do I need to go in and change settings manually or is there an automated work around?
tomspark wrote:
Great, the main thing's fixed and everything's back up. This leftover error is small and expected: when the stack restarted, qBittorrent came up with a fresh password and your download apps (Radarr, Sonarr, Lidarr) are still using the old one, so they just need it typed in once. Nothing's broken. Grab the current password from your dashboard under Settings, then Service Passwords (the qBittorrent one). Then in Radarr go to Settings then Download Clients, click qBittorrent, paste that password into the password box, hit Test (it should turn green), then Save. Do the exact same in Sonarr and Lidarr, same password for all three. Once all three test green, those errors clear and your downloads start flowing again. Shout if any one of them won't go green.
jackhammer57 wrote:
copied password. still getting authentication error for all 3
tomspark wrote:
Ah, that actually tells me it's not you at all, the password the dashboard is showing has drifted out of sync with what qBittorrent really wants, which is exactly why all three reject it. Let's set a fresh one we know is right. Run this on your box: sudo sparkbox reset-password qbit It gives qBittorrent a brand-new password and prints it right there in the terminal. Copy that exact printed password (not the dashboard one this time), then paste it into Radarr, Sonarr and Lidarr's qBittorrent download client, hit Test, then Save. All three should finally go green and downloads will flow. Shout if one still won't.
jackhammer57 wrote:
ok that's working now. now for the last error. You are using docker; download client SABnzbd places downloads in /data/downloads/music but this directory does not appear to exist inside the container. Review your remote path mappings and container volume settings.
tomspark wrote:
Haha you're on the home stretch, this is the smallest one yet and nothing's wrong. SAB just needs that one folder to exist before it'll use it, and it hasn't been created yet (the music download folder is the one that doesn't get made automatically). Run this on your box, it creates the folder with the right owner so SAB can write to it: sudo docker exec -u 1000:1000 sb-sabnzbd mkdir -p /data/downloads/music Then back in Lidarr, hit Test on the SABnzbd download client again and that warning should clear. After that you're fully wired, both qBittorrent and SAB feeding all your apps. Genuinely nice work sticking with it through all of this.
jackhammer57 wrote:
Sonarr, radarr, and lidarr all have the same error so I would need to create a music, movies, and tv folder for SABn.
tomspark wrote:
Exactly right, you've got it. You can make all three in one go: sudo docker exec -u 1000:1000 sb-sabnzbd mkdir -p /data/downloads/tv /data/downloads/movies /data/downloads/music Then hit Test on the SABnzbd download client in each app (Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr) and those warnings clear. One small thing: use whatever word each app's error actually shows after /data/downloads/, it's usually tv, movies, music like you said, but if one shows a different word just make that exact folder name instead. After that you're genuinely done, everything feeding through. You earned it.
jackhammer57 wrote:
so would it be correct to repeat that command 3 times for music, movies, and tv
tomspark wrote:
Good question, and no need, the command I sent already makes all three folders at once. The three paths at the end (tv, movies, music) are the three folders, so you just run it one single time exactly as it is: sudo docker exec -u 1000:1000 sb-sabnzbd mkdir -p /data/downloads/tv /data/downloads/movies /data/downloads/music Then hit Test in each app. Running it once does the lot.
jackhammer57 wrote:
everything is up. all errors have disappeared. thank you again.