SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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Shiwei
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SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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I'm Following this guide https://www.feralhosting.com/faq/view?question=125

and after using a port that seemed to be unused by anyone else I still can't connect to SABnzbd+ in my browser, what could be wrong? I have no firewall enabled, I have the port forwarded in my router also.

Are there any other guides out there that might be useful? Thanks!
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shypike
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Re: SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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Don't know what you are using, but any port number below 1024 can only be used by root.
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Re: SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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Hi there. I am having horrible trouble getting SABnzbd working on Feral hosting's servers. I have followed the instructions verbatim in Feral's FAQ section but have NOT been able to get it to work!:
http://sugarplum.feralhosting.com/faq/view?question=125
A. I am using Putty to logon to the server to run the commands in the FAQ.
B. The confusing part of the instructions is that if I change the listening port in Step 6 to 3894, what (if anything) do I need to change in Step 4 for the port forwarding?
C. In the SABnzbd interface in my browser, what do I put for:
1. Host - is that username.servername.feralhosting.com or is it just servername.feralhosting.com?
2. Port - is this still 8080, my new listening port of 3894 or is it 22 since that's the SSH port on Feral's servers?
D. I have port 3894 forwarded on my router and I've disconnected my firewall in Windows 7 to make sure nothing was causing conflict but I still can't get SABnzbd to send a proper Test.

PLEASE help!
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Re: SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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I'm not sure why you're asking questions here instead of at Feral's.
What I can guess from their FAQ is this.

There is never any port forwarding required on your own router.

The SSH connection provides a tunnel through which your browser can communicate with SABnzbd.
The browser can only reach SABnzbd when the SSH session is running.
Suppose SABnzbd is set to run on port 3894, then you need to tell Putty
to setup port forwarding from 3894 at the server side to (say) port 8080 on your side.
Your browser will then address SABnzbd like this: http://localhost:8080
Setting port-forwarding with Putty is not easy.
Under Connection->SSH->Tunnels, make the "Source port" 3894 and the "destination" localhost:8080
The radio button "Local" and "Auto" should be on. Press the Add button.
Save the definition to a file (or Default).

Port 22 is used by Putty to reach Feral's server, no port-forwarding involved here.
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Re: SABnzbd+ install on seedbox via SSH

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Thank you for the reply! I only resulted to posting here because Feral doesn't have a board and after emailing their support they replied back:
I am sorry but we cannot provide support for arbitrary programs such as sabnzbd so we can't diagnose this for you.
and this was only one of two hits on Google that were related to SAB and Feral. Sorry for any annoyance. I'll give your suggestions a try.
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