Ok, here are some basic instructions for installing Couch Potato v2 on Open Media Vault, although they'll probably work for most Debian-based distributions.
Step 1. Download the source code
First, let's create a directory for couchpotato to go. As with the other pieces of software, I'm going to install it to the /opt directory, but you can put it wherever you want;
sudo mkdir /opt/couchpotato
If you don't already have git installed, then you'll need to install it;
sudo apt-get install git-core
Now download the python code;
sudo git clone https://github.com/RuudBurger/CouchPotatoServer.git couchpotato/
Step 2. Create a dedicated user for running Couch Potato
For security reasons, it's nice to run Couch Potato under a dedicated user. So let's create one;
sudo useradd couchpotato
sudo usermod -d /opt/couchpotato couchpotato
sudo chown -R couchpotato:users /opt/couchpotato
This will create a new user called couchpotato, assign the user to the directory /opt/couchpotato
Step 3. Test Run
We should now be able to do a little test run to see if it is working;
sudo -u couchpotato python /opt/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py
Now point your browser to the address http://<<yourserver>>:5050
If everything has gone ok, it should be working nicely. Feel free to play around, make sure everything is working and set things up. Then when you are ready, shutdown Couch Potato and move to the next step.
Step 4. Configure Couch Potato to start automatically
Couch Potato already has some example startup scripts that we can use. The ubuntu version will do the trick, so copy it to the init.d directory;
sudo cp /opt/couchpotato/init/ubuntu /etc/init.d/couchpotato
Edit the settings;
sudo nano /etc/init.d/couchpotato
Make sure you set the APP_PATH to where you've got Couch Potato running (/opt/couchpotato in our case), and the RUN_AS to the dedicated user we've created (ie, couchpotato).
Now, wake it executable;
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/couchpotato
And as a final step, we need to set the script to be run on startup and shutdown;
sudo update-rc.d couchpotato defaults
By now, Couch Potato should run on startup. But to start manually, you can run it directly;
sudo ./etc/init.d/couchpotato start
Addendum. Taking Care of Dependencies
This guide assumes you've already done through the steps to install
SABnzbd which should mean that any dependencies have probably already been resolved. If not, you may need to install python;
sudo apt-get install python
i have a syntax error with the command
ReplyDeletesudo usermod -d /opt/couchpotato
what's wrong?
opps
ReplyDeleteI think it should be;
sudo usermod -d /opt/couchpotato couchpotato
thanks
ReplyDeleteand now
but next on Step 3
i have this message
sudo -u couchpotato python /couchpotato/CouchPotato.py
python: can't open file '/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
when i use "cd" the py file exists..
and when i try
ReplyDeletesudo -u couchpotato python opt/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py
its the same
Hi Julien,
ReplyDeleteThe command should be
sudo -u couchpotato python /opt/couchpotato/CouchPotato.py
Note the leading slash.
Alternatively, of course, if you are already in the couchpotato directory you can just run;
ReplyDeletesudo -u couchpotato python CouchPotato.py
arf sorry, next bug
ReplyDeletewhen i am already in the couchpotato directory, i have this :
sudo -u couchpotato python CouchPotato.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "CouchPotato.py", line 20, in
from couchpotato.environment import Env
File "couchpotato/__init__.py", line 1, in
from couchpotato.api import api_docs, api_docs_missing
File "couchpotato/api.py", line 1, in
from flask.blueprints import Blueprint
ImportError: No module named flask.blueprints
:((((
Hmm...
ReplyDeleteHave a look here,
https://github.com/RuudBurger/CouchPotatoServer/issues/827
Looks like you are missing some of the couchpotato modules. Maybe try re-running the steps from start, particularly downloading (cloning) the couchpotato files.
i am turning crazy...
ReplyDeleteImpossible i have repeat all the steps and it's always the same