Extras: NZBHydra - Cloudbox/Cloudbox GitHub Wiki

  1. Introduction
  2. URL
  3. Initial Setup
    1. Domain
    2. Install
  4. Settings
    1. Authorization
    2. Indexers
    3. Downloaders
  5. Sonarr
  6. Radarr
  7. API

1. Introduction

NZBHydra v1 (by TheOtherP) is a meta search tool for NZB indexers. It provides easy access to a number of NZB indexers. You can search all your indexers from one place and use it as indexer source for tools like Sonarr or CouchPotato.

Note: By default, Cloudbox will install NZBHydra2, as NZBHydra v1 is no longer being developed. But it is available to users who still want to use it.

Three Ways to setup NZB indexers with Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr:

  1. Skip this page and add all your NZB Indexers directly into Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr. Benefit from the seeing indexer sources during manual lookups in Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr. This method is also useful when diagnosing issues with indexers during failed searches;

  2. Add all your NZB Indexers directly into Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr, but also add them in NZBHydra2, so it could be used a tool for manual downloads; or

  3. Add all your NZB indexers in NZBHydra2 and then just add the one NZBHydra2 "indexer" into Sonarr/Radarr/Lidarr. This is the most popular choice among users.

2. URL

  • To access NZBHydra: https://nzbhydra.yourdomain.com

3. Initial Setup

i. Domain

See Adding a Subdomain on how to add the subdomain nzbhydra to your DNS provider.

Note: You can skip this step if you are using Cloudflare with Cloudbox.

ii. Install

Run the following commands:

cd ~/cloudbox/
sudo ansible-playbook cloudbox.yml --tags nzbhydra

4. Settings

Enter setup by clicking on "Config" at the top.

i. Authorization

  1. Change "Auth type" to Login form.

  2. Set all the options below to ON.

  3. Click "Add new user".

  4. Fill in your username and password.

  5. Click "Save" (top right).

ii. Indexers

  • Add your indexers. Be sure to click "Save" when done.

iii. Downloaders

  1. "Add new downloader" -> "NZBGet".

  2. Fill in the following:

    • Name: NZBGet

    • Host: nzbget

    • Port: 6789

    • Use SSL: OFF

    • Username: Your NZBGet Username

    • Password: Your NZBGet Password

    • Default category: Leave Blank (No category doesn't work too well)

    • NZB access type: Redirect to indexer

    • NZB adding type: Upload NZB (works better than Send link)

5. Sonarr

  1. Open Sonarr: https://sonarr.yourdomain.com

  2. Go to "Settings" -> "Indexers".

  3. Click Add Indexer (+).

  4. Select "Newznab".

  5. Add the following:

    1. Name: NZBHydra

    2. Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    3. Enable Search: Your Preference

    4. URL: http://nzbhydra:5075

    5. API Key: Your NZBHydra API Key.

    6. Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  6. Your settings will look like this:

    Sonarr NZBHydra2

  7. Click "Save" to add NZBHydra.

Note: The "Test" will keep failing until you add an indexer in NZBHydra.

6. Radarr

  1. Open Radarr: https://radarr.yourdomain.com

  2. Go to "Settings" -> "Indexers".

  3. Click Add Indexer (+).

  4. Select "Newznab".

  5. Add the following:

    1. Name: NZBHydra

    2. Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

    3. Enable Search: Your Preference

    4. URL: http://nzbhydra:5075

    5. API Key: Your NZBHydra API Key.

    6. Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

  6. Your settings will look like this:

    Radarr NZBHydra

  7. Click "Save" to add NZBHydra.

Note: The "Test" will keep failing until you add an indexer in NZBHydra.

7. API Key

To find the NZBHydra API Key, go to "Config" --> "Main". This will be used later.