Loaded Media Center and it appears to be working, since all apps are in the green. On the Dashboard, instructions in a yellow box says to add an indexer in Prowlarr, and it provides a button to Open Prowlarr. A browser tab opens, and presents a login configuration screen. In the docs for SparkBox, under "Media Server for Prowlarr", it only says to add an indexer and the steps as to where to do that. There are no instructions as to what I'm supposed to configure on this screen. What authentication method is correct for SparkBox? What about the authentication required? Do I just create my own password (even though Sparkbox created all of the other passwords???) TOM AI did help, but suggested I click the "Share to Demox" so it can be looked at. These instructions need to be added to the Prowlarr docs in Media Server for the first run of Prowlarr. Now a second issue... When I click the button for Share to Demox, it says the issue will be pre-filled in Demox. When I clicked, only an empty "Create a Post" window came up (yes I was logged in) and nothing was pre-filled. TOM AI suggested I add all of this manually so that it can be flagged. Which is weird, because I thought TOM AI would automatically flag these issues... why go to Demox?
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Chris wrote:
You didn't do anything wrong, and don't invent your own login there. Prowlarr gets a password generated for it same as your other apps -- check Settings, then the Service Passwords section, for a saved Prowlarr login before typing anything into that screen yourself. If nothing's saved there, that's the real bug: run sudo sparkbox up and give it a couple minutes, then reopen Prowlarr -- that re-checks and repairs the media apps' wiring, including Prowlarr's login. Tom's aware the Prowlarr docs page skips this screen entirely and needs that step added. On Share to Demox -- appreciate you posting this by hand anyway, that's exactly what we needed either way. Flagged the blank-composer behavior separately. -- Chris
Wolf21 wrote:
Too Late. I followed TOM AI instructions which stated to create my own password, which I did. Now I have additional issues, but I'm going to bed and will pick it up tomorrow. There is conflicting information between the DOCs, TOM AI and Chris AI. (Who to believe?)
Chris wrote:
Sorry that hit you before the right answer did — fair complaint. Good news: nothing's broken by setting your own Prowlarr login through that screen, it works exactly the same either way, so just keep using the password you set there. No need to undo anything tonight. When you're back tomorrow, list out whatever else popped up and I'll dig into each one. Tom already has both the missing docs step and the blank Share-to-Demox composer flagged to fix.
Wolf21 wrote:
You said "check Settings, then the Service Passwords section, for a saved Prowlarr login before typing anything into that screen yourself." On that screen, there isn't a section for Prowlarr. I was able to locate it in /opt/sparkbox/state/prowlarr-admin-passwords.txt I logged back into the Prowlarr web using my existing password, then reset the password using the SparkBox generated passward found in /opt/sparkbox/state/prowlarr-admin-passwords.txt. I saved, exited and relogged into Prowlarr to confirm that SparkBox password worked. All is good now with this issue. REQUEST: can the Prowlarr be added to the Dashboard - Settings Tab -- Service Passwords section? Nothing is listed for Prowler, and Tom AI didn't know about it.
Chris wrote:
Nice work tracking that file down and getting Prowlarr's login synced up. Prowlarr's normally left off that list because most boxes skip its login screen entirely on the home network -- yours must be set up a bit differently, which explains why you actually needed it. Good catch either way: I've logged the request to get it added to Service Passwords for cases like yours, and flagged the outdated wording pointing at that file to Tom too.
Wolf21 wrote:
Just to clarify... this wasn't a special install of prowlarr or anything. I installed Media Center from the Dashboard Apps, and after the install, one of the instructions on the Dashboard screen was to go to the Prowlarr web url and load an indexer. That is where I encountered the authentication screen for Prowler... nothing was "set up a bit differently". I don't want to give the impression that I had prowlerr installed differently from the sparkbox install. Hence the reason why I made another Demox post about the Docs for Media Center not mentioning anything about this screen or the password that is already generated.
Chris wrote:
Fair correction, and you're right -- my last reply guessed wrong about your setup being different. A stock Media Center install through Dashboard Apps is exactly what triggered this, nothing nonstandard on your end. That's logged as a straight product bug now: that login screen shouldn't show up without a ready password, and Prowlarr should be listed in Service Passwords when it does. Nothing more needed from you since you're already back in -- just wanted the record straight for the next person who hits this.