dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd repository overview

Docker image for SABnzbd+

This image works well with the below related images.

• dylanlindgren/docker-couchpotato⁠
• dylanlindgren/docker-sickbeard⁠

⁠Preparation

1. Pull the image by running docker pull dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd
2. Create a folder to keep nzb files and chown it to be owned by user ID 1000 (e.g. sudo chown -R 1000 /data/nzb)
3. Create a folder for SABnzbd files and chown it to be owned by user ID 1000 (e.g. sudo chown -R 1000 /data/sabnzbd)
4. Create a folder to keep downloads and and chown it to be owned by user ID 1000 (e.g. sudo chown -R 1000 /data/downloads)

⁠Running the container

docker run -d --rm --privileged=true --name sabnzbd -p 8080:8080 -v /data/nzb:/data/nzb:rw -v /data/sabnzbd:/data/sabnzbd:rw -v /data/downloads:/data/downloads:rw dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd

⁠Starting automatically

To run this container as a service on a Systemd⁠ based distro (e.g. CentOS 7), create a unit file under /etc/systemd/system called sabnzbd.service with the below contents (making sure you update the command in the line starting with ExecStart to the one you used above).

[Unit]
Description=SABnzbd docker container (dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd)
After=docker.service
Requires=docker.service

[Service]
TimeoutStartSec=0
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker stop sabnzbd
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker rm sabnzbd
ExecStartPre=-/usr/bin/docker pull dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd
ExecStart=/usr/bin/docker run -d --rm --privileged=true --name sabnzbd -p 8080:8080 -v /data/nzb:/data/nzb:rw -v /data/sabnzbd:/data/sabnzbd:rw -v /data/downloads:/data/downloads:rw dylanlindgren/docker-sabnzbd
ExecStop=/usr/bin/docker stop sabnzbd

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

Then you can start/stop/restart the container with the regular Systemd commands e.g. systemctl start sabnzbd.service.

To automatically start the container when you restart enable the unit file with the command systemctl enable sabnzbd.service