Install SABnzbd Plugin OpenMediaVault

OpenMediaVault is an excellent NAS software solution, it has an easy-to-use graphical web interface for simple installation and management of many desirable plugins such as MiniDLNA, NZBGet, CouchPotato, SickRage, SABnzbd and Transmission. For Raspberry Pi users, this guide assumes Minibian as a base. It is recommended to install OpenMediaVault on a clean, unaltered system. This guide has been tested on the Raspberry Pi 2 but should also work on other Pi models or any device running OpenMediaVault. If you have not installed OpenMediaVault yet on your Pi device, follow the installation guide found here before proceeding. OpenMediaVault provide ISOs for installing on x86 and x64 systems.

Pi Unit
Processor
RAM
RAM Bus
Network
WiFi
USB
SATA
Cost
Raspberry Pi 3
1.2 GHz ARMv8
Quad Core
1 GB DDR2
450 MHz
100 Mbit
Yes
4
No
$35
Raspberry Pi 2
900 MHz ARMv7
Quad Core
1 GB DDR2
450 MHz
100 Mbit
No
4
No
$35.00
Raspberry Pi
700 MHz ARMv6
Single Core
512 MB SDRAM
400 MHz
100 Mbit
No
4
No
$25
Banana Pi
1 GHz ARMv7
Dual Core
1 GB DDR3
432 MHz
Gigabit
No
2
Yes
$36.99
Banana Pi Pro
1 GHz ARMv7
Dual Core
1 GB DDR3
432 MHz
Gigabit
Yes
2
Yes
$45.00

Install SABnzbd Plugin OpenMediaVault

Installing plugins is done through OpenMediaVault's web interface. Open a web browser and go to the IP address of your Raspberry Pi, the default user name is admin and the default password is openmediavault.

Go to System > Plugins > type sabnzbd as your search term > mark the checkbox next to the correct plugin > click Install

OMV_sabnzbd_install

Confirm that you would like to install the plugin, click Yes

OMV-plugin-confirm

This will install the SABnzbd plugin on OpenMediaVault. After the plugin is installed, it must be enabled.

While in the OMV web interface, go to Services > SABnzbd > select Enable > click Save

OMV_sabnzbd_enable1

Now it is time to give the sabnzbd user access to the shared folder(s) of your choosing. Go to Access Rights Management > Shared Folders > highlight the shared folder which it should have access to > click ACL

OMV_ACL

Find the sabnzbd user and grant it permissions as desired > click Apply

OMV_sabnzbd_ACL

The SABnzbd web client can be accessed via the OpenMediaVault web interface.

Go to Services > SABnzbd > click Open Web Client

OMV_sabnzbd_open-web-client

The SABnzbd plugin is now successfully installed on OpenMediaVault so you can enjoying the newsgrabber.