Trouble with VPN Setup

Posted by darfitz07

I like the idea of sparkbox but have only been able to install it but haven't been able to install the arr stack (media) files. I have NordVpn and when I input my openvpn sign in information, the screen does not input it. In the background I see a red, looks like error prompt but I am unable to read it. The password and username are from the service credentials but I don't have wireguard.

4 replies

tomspark wrote:

Hey, thanks for giving SparkBox a try! Honest answer up front: we can't promise every VPN will work smoothly here, because each one behaves a bit differently, and paying for a monthly subscription to every VPN just to tune each one is simply too expensive for a free project. Since SparkBox is free, the one-click path we fully support and test is Surfshark — setting that up through our link is also what keeps development funded, so it really is the smoothest route to getting the media stack running (just a couple of clicks, no manual sign-in fiddling). Down the road, with V2 and possibly a paid version, we'd like to support more VPN providers properly. Sorry that's not the fix you were hoping for, but Surfshark will get you up and running quickly.

darfitz07 wrote:

Thanks for the response.....I already have a subscription with Nordvpn which is why I was attempting to use it. I have a couple of months left with the subscription and will check out SurfShark at that time. My first interest in auto downloading files was using Truenas and although I was able to get it working to a degree, I always found the file structuring part of it difficult. I'd download files and couldn't find them so this was a no brainer for me. I've tried YAMS and a couple of others but yours fixes the issues I had with the file structuring. Thanks again....I watch your videos all the time.

tomspark wrote:

Totally fair to use what you've already paid for — no rush at all, just give Surfshark a look whenever the Nord term's up. And genuinely glad the file-structure side clicked for you; that messy "where did my downloads even go" problem is exactly what SparkBox is built to kill, so that's great to hear. Appreciate you watching the videos too. Enjoy the setup, and shout if anything else comes up.

tomspark wrote:

Oh — should've dropped this in earlier: when your Nord term's up, grab Surfshark through this so you get the deal (87% off + 4 months free): https://get.surfshark.net/affc?offerid=1126&affid=9447&affsub=hr52es — it's also the link that helps fund SparkBox, so it genuinely helps on both ends. No rush, just bookmark it for when you're ready.