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Windows Server 2008 Core
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 9:54 pm
by kram091
I've been running sabnzbd on my desktop but planning to move it to a VM on a server I just set up. I set up the server as a Server Core installation and now wondering if anyone has or knows if it's possible to run sabnzbd on Server Core?
I realize this is an out there question, but figured it wouldn't hurt to ask.
For anyone that doesn't know what Server Core is but is curious, it's basically a version of Windows Server that strips out the GUI and has to be run entirely from commands (or remote admin tools). If the performance of sabnzbd suffers from being in a VM, I'll probably just do a full installation.
Re: Windows Server 2008 Core
Posted: February 11th, 2012, 1:44 am
by sander
You will get the most definite (and probably quickest) answer by trying it on your Server Core machine. FWIW: I run SABnzbd on my headless, non-GUI Linux system on a VPS.
Re: Windows Server 2008 Core
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 9:24 am
by kram091
Thanks - was able to get this running, no sweat!
For anyone that stumbles into this later, it's as easy as starting the exe. I'd recommend installing on a standard Windows installation (server or desktop) so you can use a web browser to configure everything (remember to setup for remote access), then copy the sabnzbd.ini to your Server Core installation. Add firewall rules. I'd also recommend starting up as a scheduled task (
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/windows-scheduled-task).
Re: Windows Server 2008 Core
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:49 pm
by shypike
Running it as a service makes it more robust.
This is due to the SabHelper service, that will restart SABnzbd should it crash or hang up.
Re: Windows Server 2008 Core
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 12:59 pm
by sander
kram091 wrote:Thanks - was able to get this running, no sweat!
For anyone that stumbles into this later, it's as easy as starting the exe. I'd recommend installing on a standard Windows installation (server or desktop) so you can use a web browser to configure everything (remember to setup for remote access), then copy the sabnzbd.ini to your Server Core installation. Add firewall rules. I'd also recommend starting up as a scheduled task (
http://wiki.sabnzbd.org/windows-scheduled-task).
No need for a GUI on the server: with no sabnzbd.ini available, just start the setup wizard like this:
sabnzbdplus -s 0.0.0.0 -b0
and point the browser of your own computer to http://<IPaddress>:8080 to follow the wizard.