linuxserver/sabnzbd ¶

Sabnzbd makes Usenet as simple and streamlined as possible by automating everything we can. All you have to do is add an .nzb. SABnzbd takes over from there, where it will be automatically downloaded, verified, repaired, extracted and filed away with zero human interaction.

Supported Architectures¶

We utilise the docker manifest for multi-platform awareness. More information is available from docker here and our announcement here.

Simply pulling lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest should retrieve the correct image for your arch, but you can also pull specific arch images via tags.

The architectures supported by this image are:

Architecture	Available	Tag
x86-64	✅	amd64-<version tag>
arm64	✅	arm64v8-<version tag>
armhf	❌

Version Tags¶

This image provides various versions that are available via tags. Please read the descriptions carefully and exercise caution when using unstable or development tags.

Tag	Available	Description
latest	✅	Stable SABnzbd releases
unstable	✅	Pre-releases from the develop branch
nightly	✅	Latest commits from the develop branch

Application Setup¶

Initial setup is done via http://<your-ip>:8080.

See the SABnzbd wiki for more information.

Media folders¶

We have set /incomplete-downloads and /downloads as optional paths, this is because it is the easiest way to get started. While easy to use, it has some drawbacks. Mainly losing the ability to hardlink (TL;DR a way for a file to exist in multiple places on the same file system while only consuming one file worth of space), or atomic move (TL;DR instant file moves, rather than copy+delete) files while processing content.

Use the optional paths if you don't understand, or don't want hardlinks/atomic moves.

Well planned paths

The folks over at servarr.com wrote a good write-up on how to get started with this.

Read-Only Operation¶

This image can be run with a read-only container filesystem. For details please read the docs.

Non-Root Operation¶

This image can be run with a non-root user. For details please read the docs.

Usage¶

To help you get started creating a container from this image you can either use docker-compose or the docker cli.

Info

Unless a parameter is flaged as 'optional', it is mandatory and a value must be provided.

docker-compose (recommended, click here for more info)¶

---
services:
  sabnzbd:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest
    container_name: sabnzbd
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Etc/UTC
    volumes:
      - /path/to/sabnzbd/config:/config
      - /path/to/incomplete/downloads:/incomplete-downloads #optional
      - /path/to/downloads:/downloads #optional
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    restart: unless-stopped

docker cli (click here for more info)¶

docker run -d \
  --name=sabnzbd \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -p 8080:8080 \
  -v /path/to/sabnzbd/config:/config \
  -v /path/to/incomplete/downloads:/incomplete-downloads `#optional` \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads `#optional` \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest

Parameters¶

Containers are configured using parameters passed at runtime (such as those above). These parameters are separated by a colon and indicate <external>:<internal> respectively. For example, -p 8080:80 would expose port 80 from inside the container to be accessible from the host's IP on port 8080 outside the container.

Ports (`-p`)¶

Parameter	Function
`8080:8080`	HTTP port for the WebUI.

Environment Variables (`-e`)¶

Env	Function
`PUID=1000`	for UserID - see below for explanation
`PGID=1000`	for GroupID - see below for explanation
`TZ=Etc/UTC`	specify a timezone to use, see this list.

Volume Mappings (`-v`)¶

Volume	Function
`/config`	Persistent config files
`/incomplete-downloads`	Local path for incomplete-downloads.
`/downloads`	Local path for finished downloads.

Miscellaneous Options¶

Parameter	Function
`--read-only=true`	Run container with a read-only filesystem. Please read the docs.
`--user=1000:1000`	Run container with a non-root user. Please read the docs.

Environment variables from files (Docker secrets)¶

You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

As an example:

-e FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable

Will set the environment variable MYVAR based on the contents of the /run/secrets/mysecretvariable file.

Umask for running applications¶

For all of our images we provide the ability to override the default umask settings for services started within the containers using the optional -e UMASK=022 setting. Keep in mind umask is not chmod it subtracts from permissions based on it's value it does not add. Please read up here before asking for support.

User / Group Identifiers¶

When using volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can arise between the host OS and the container, we avoid this issue by allowing you to specify the user PUID and group PGID.

Ensure any volume directories on the host are owned by the same user you specify and any permissions issues will vanish like magic.

In this instance PUID=1000 and PGID=1000, to find yours use id your_user as below:

id your_user

Example output:

uid=1000(your_user) gid=1000(your_user) groups=1000(your_user)

Docker Mods¶

We publish various Docker Mods to enable additional functionality within the containers. The list of Mods available for this image (if any) as well as universal mods that can be applied to any one of our images can be accessed via the dynamic badges above.

Support Info¶

Shell access whilst the container is running:
```
docker exec -it sabnzbd /bin/bash
```
To monitor the logs of the container in realtime:
```
docker logs -f sabnzbd
```

Container version number:

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' sabnzbd

Image version number:

docker inspect -f '{{ index .Config.Labels "build_version" }}' lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest

Updating Info¶

Most of our images are static, versioned, and require an image update and container recreation to update the app inside. With some exceptions (noted in the relevant readme.md), we do not recommend or support updating apps inside the container. Please consult the Application Setup section above to see if it is recommended for the image.

Below are the instructions for updating containers:

Via Docker Compose¶

Update images:

All images:
```
docker-compose pull
```
Single image:
```
docker-compose pull sabnzbd
```

Update containers:

All containers:
```
docker-compose up -d
```
Single container:
```
docker-compose up -d sabnzbd
```

You can also remove the old dangling images:
```
docker image prune
```

Via Docker Run¶

Update the image:

docker pull lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest

Stop the running container:
```
docker stop sabnzbd
```
Delete the container:
```
docker rm sabnzbd
```
Recreate a new container with the same docker run parameters as instructed above (if mapped correctly to a host folder, your /config folder and settings will be preserved)
You can also remove the old dangling images:
```
docker image prune
```

Image Update Notifications - Diun (Docker Image Update Notifier)¶

Tip

We recommend Diun for update notifications. Other tools that automatically update containers unattended are not recommended or supported.

Building locally¶

If you want to make local modifications to these images for development purposes or just to customize the logic:

git clone https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-sabnzbd.git
cd docker-sabnzbd
docker build \
  --no-cache \
  --pull \
  -t lscr.io/linuxserver/sabnzbd:latest .

The ARM variants can be built on x86_64 hardware and vice versa using lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static

docker run --rm --privileged lscr.io/linuxserver/qemu-static --reset

Once registered you can define the dockerfile to use with -f Dockerfile.aarch64.

To help with development, we generate this dependency graph.

Init dependency graph

Versions¶

23.12.24: - Rebase to Alpine 3.21.
31.05.24: - Rebase to Alpine 3.20. Remove nzbnotify as apprise is now included with SABnzbd.
23.12.23: - Rebase to Alpine 3.19.
23.11.23: - Build translations.
13.09.23: - Use par2cmdline-turbo in place of par2cmdline.
16.08.23: - Install unrar from linuxserver repo.
10.08.23: - Bump unrar to 6.2.10.
16.05.23: - Rebase stable to Alpine 3.18, deprecate armhf.
15.03.23: - Switch from p7zip to 7zip, bump unrar to 6.2.6.
05.03.23: - Rebase master branch to Alpine 3.17.
03.10.22: - Rebase master branch to Alpine 3.16, migrate to s6v3.
12.08.22: - Bump unrar to 6.1.7.
31.07.22: - Add nightly tag.
10.03.22: - Add nzb-notify.
22.02.22: - Rebase master branch to Alpine, build unrar from source, deprecate Alpine branch.
25.01.22: - Rebase Unstable branch to Alpine.
13.01.22: - Add alpine branch
08.08.21: - Bump to focal, dont enforce binding to ipv4 port 8080
24.07.21: - Add python3-setuptools.
14.05.21: - Use linuxserver.io wheel index for pip packages.
12.02.21: - Clean up rust/cargo and pip cache.
17.08.20: - Run from source with python3 instead of ppa, remove python2 completely, symlink python to python3.
02.01.20: - Add python3 on top of python2 to image during transition.
23.03.19: - Switching to new Base images, shift to arm32v7 tag.
25.02.19: - Rebase to Bionic, add python deps for scripts.
26.01.19: - Add pipeline logic and multi arch.
13.12.17: - Fix continuation lines.
12.07.17: - Add inspect commands to README, move to jenkins build and push.
10.04.17: - Bump to 2.0 Release.
25.02.17: - Switch to nobetas repo for master/latest branch and add unstable branch.
08.02.17: - Add pythonioenconding=utf8 as env.
15.09.16: - Compile par2 multicore as per latest info sabnzbd git readme.
11.09.16: - Bump to release of 1.10.
09.09.16: - Rebase back to xenial, issues with alpine version of python and 1.10 branch of sab.
28.08.16: - Rebase to alpine, using git version of sab.
17.03.16: - Bump to install 1.0 final at startup.
14.03.16: - Refresh image to pick up latest RC.
23.01.15: - Refresh image.
14.12.15: - Refresh image to pick up latest beta.
21.08.15: - Initial Release.

linuxserver/sabnzbd¶