Ubuntu: How To Setup SickRage for Automatic TV Show Downloading

How To Setup SickRage for Automatic TV Show Downloading…

Step 1: Install Ubuntu Mate 16.10

Download the Ubuntu minimal-iso through https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Installation/MinimalCD
Create a generation 2 Hyper-V virtual machine. Specs: 1 CPU, 1GB of memory, 2 hard disks (one for the OS, one for the video files)
Install the OS, choose these packages to install: standard system utilities, Ubuntu Mate minimal installation, basic Ubuntu server
Choose to create a separate user, do NOT use the root account
(Optional:) when manually partitioning, create 3 partions on the first (OS) disk: 1 EFI partition, 1 swap partition, 1 EXT4 root-partition

Step 2: Configuring Ubuntu Mate

Enable firewall-gui:
```
sudo apt-get gufw
```
Enable boot messages during booting by editing /etc/default/grub:
```
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
```
Edit the line starting with GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT: remove splash, quiet
Add “video=hyperv_fb:1024×600” to set virtual machine resolution to 1024×600
To process the changes made, run the following command:
```
sudo update-grub
```

Setup automatic login:

sudo mkdir /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d
sudo nano /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-myconfig.conf

Add the following to the file:
```
[SeatDefaults]
autologin-user=username
```
Configure a fixed ip address
```
sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
```

Add the following to the file (example):

auto lo eth0
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.234
netmask 255.255.255.0
gateway 192.168.1.1
dns-nameservers 192.168.1.1

Install updates for Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install unrar

Step 3: Configure Ubuntu as a ‘NAS’

Install gnome-disk-utility to format the 2nd drive that will hold the tvshow-files:
```
sudo apt-get install gnome-disk-utility
gnome-disks
```
Format the 2nd drive using the EXT4 file system
Configure Ubuntu to mount the drive on boot. For this, we need to know the UUID of the drive. To display this information, type the following command and copy the UUID:
```
sudo blkid
```
The UUID needs to be added to the file that controls mounting at boot. Enter the following command to open that file:
```
sudo nano /etc/fstab
```
Add the following line to the file, replacing <UUID> by the UUID displayed by the blkid command:
```
<UUID> /media/NAS ext4 defaults 1 2
```

Install Samba to share files to Windows systems:

sudo apt-get install samba
sudo apt-get install system-config-samba
sudo touch /etc/libuser.conf
sudo smbpasswd -a username

Create folders on the second drive, named Series, TempFolder, TempFolderIncomplete
Create shares by using the Samba Configuration GUI:
```
sudo system-config-samba
```
Share the created folders, permissions: writable, visable, only for username user
Install NFS to share the folders to other Linux clients:
```
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
```
To create NFS-shares, edit the exports-file:
```
sudo nano /etc/exports
```

Add the following lines:

/media/NAS/Series *(rw,sync,no_root_squash,insecure)
/media/NAS/TempFolder *(rw,sync,no_root_squash,insecure)
/media/NAS/TempFolderIncomplete *(rw,sync,no_root_squash,insecure)

Step 4: Install and configure Deluge Torrent Client

Install Deluge by typing these commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install deluge deluged

Configure Deluge to use the following settings:
In the settings (preferences), click interface and disable classic mode.
Shutdown and restart Deluge. Remove the suggested configuration. Add a new configuration and use localhost, port 8082. Leave the username and password box empty. Start the daemon. Enable all three check marks. Click connect.
Return to the settings. In the downloads tab, download to should be configured as /media/NAS/TempFolderIncomplete and move completed to should be configured as /media/NAS/TempFolder.
In the network tab, the encryption level should be full stream.
Optional: install the AutoRemovePlus plugin. Go to http://www.cuttingcords.com/home/2015/2/4/auto-deleting-finished-torrents-from-deluge.
Configure AutoRemovePlus: Check every: 0,010. Maximum torrents: 0. Seed time: 0,009. Data added: 0.
Configure Ubuntu to start Deluge automatically upon boot. Go to system > preferences > personal > startup applications. Click add, type Deluge in the ‘name’ box and type the following in the ‘command‘ box: bash –c “sleep 60 && /usr/bin/deluge”

Step 5: Install and configure SickRage:

Install SickRage:

sudo apt-get install git-core python python-cheetah
cd ~
git clone https://github.com/SickRage/SickRage.git .SickRage

Configure SickRage:
Configure Ubuntu to start Deluge automatically upon boot. Go to system > preferences > personal > startup applications. Click add, type Sickrage in the ‘name‘ box and type the following in the ‘command‘ box: bash -c “sleep 120 && /usr/bin/python /home/username/.SickRage/SickBeard.py -q –daemon –nolaunch –datadir=/home/username/.SickRage”
Reboot Ubuntu
Browse to http://192.168.1.234:8081 and enter the settings
Tab general/misc: disable open the sickrage home page at startup. Add /media/NAS/Series to the Show root directories
Tab general/interface: create a username and password
Tab general/advanced: enable debug logging
Tab search settings/episode search: enable Randomize Providers. Change check propers to every 4 hours. Disable Allow high priority
Tab search settings/torrent search: pick deluge (via daemon), localhost:8082
Tab search providers/provider priorities: pick TPB, Rarbg
Tab search providers/provider options: enable fallback for all providers. Set minimum seeders to 5 for all providers
Tab subtitle settings/subtitles search: enable search subtitles. Add English. Enable subtitle history
Tab subtitles settings/subtitles plugin: enable addic7ed, opensubtitles and podnapisi
Tab subtitles settings/plugin settings: enter username and password for addic7ed and opensubtitles
Tab post processing/post-processing: enable post processing. Enter /media/NAS/TempFolder as the post processing directory. processing method: move. Disable postpone post processing uit. Disable rename episodes. Enable delete associated files. Enable unpack. Enable delete rar contents.

Step 6: Install and configure TorGuard

To use TorGuard-vpn, register at torguard.net and pay for their monthly vpn plan (for example)
After registration and payment, log in and download the TorGuard app for Ubuntu, 64-bit
Start the application, choose a country and enable autoconnect at startup. Enter your credentials
The TorGuard-application requires root permissions. Since we are going to enable the application to startup at boot, we need to allow the TorGuard application to get root permissions without manually entering root credentials everytime we reboot Ubuntu. To do so, enter the following command to create a file:
```
nano autosudofortorguard
```
Now we need to know the system hostname. This was chosen during the installation of Ubuntu. If you do not remember, enter the following command:
```
hostname
```
In autosudofortorguard, add the following lines:

Host_Alias HOST = HOSTNAME
Cmnd_Alias TORGUARD=/opt/torguard/bin/torguard
username HOST=(root) NOPASSWD:TORGUARD

For this to work, autosudofortorguard needs to be put in the right place and needs the right permissions. Enter these commands:
```
sudo chown root:root autosudofortorguard
sudo chmod 0440 autosudofortorguard
sudo mv autosudofortorguard /etc/sudoers.d
```
To check whether everything went fine, enter:
```
sudo -l
```
Now, just like we did with Deluge and SickRage, add TorGuard to the startup applications: Go to system > preferences > personal > startup applications. Click add, type Sickrage in the ‘name‘ box and type the following in the ‘command‘ box: bash -c “sleep 5 && sudo /opt/torguard/bin/torguard”

Step 7: Configure the firewall

To make sure no torrents are always downloaded through the tunnel, we have to configure the firewall. This means that whenever the connection to TorGuard gets cut off, all internet connections cease.
Install the firewall GUI:
```
sudo apt-get install gufw python-gi
```
Now configure the firewall by entering the following commands:

Allow traffic through the tunnel:

sudo ufw allow in on tun0 from any to any
sudo ufw allow out on tun0 from any to any

Allow traffic to the LAN:
sudo ufw allow out to 192.168.1.0/24
sudo ufw allow in from 192.168.1.0/24

Allow connecting to the TorGuard VPN service:

sudo ufw allow out from any to any port 443 proto udp
sudo ufw allow out from any to any port 53
sudo ufw allow out from any to any port 389 proto udp

Block all other traffic when TorGuard is not connected:

sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default deny outgoing

Enable the firewall:
```
sudo ufw enable
```
The rules can be checked through the firewall GUI

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