¶ Intro
Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new tracks from your favorite artists and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.
¶ Availability
Lidarr is available as an one-click installable app on all of our Gigabox Plans starting from Gigabox Mini series.
¶ Features
- Support for major platforms: Windows, Linux, macOS, Raspberry Pi, etc
- Automatically detects new tracks
- Can scan your existing library and download any missing tracks
- Can watch for better quality of the tracks you already have and do an automatic upgrade
- Automatic failed download handling will try another release if one fails
- Manual search so you can pick any release or to see why a release was not downloaded automatically
- Fully configurable track renaming
- Full integration with SABnzbd and NZBGet
- Full integration with Kodi, Plex (notification, library update, metadata)
- Full support for specials and multi-album releases
- And a beautiful UI
¶ Installing Lidarr
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
lidarr. - Disable
Inbuilt Authenticationas shown below.
- Click icon to open the installation window and tap Install to start the installation process.
- Once the installation is complete, click icon to open the Access Info page. Then click Go To Application to access
lidarr.
Username and password configuration is no longer necessary. Our automated installer will configure that automatically for you. So, feel free to skip the following steps.
- Navigate to Settings > General and set Authentication to
Forms (Login page)under Security section.
- Set Username and Password as per your preference and DO NOT change url base or port number.
- Finally, click the top-left Save Changes button.
¶ Connecting rTorrent
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
rtorrent. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, RPC Path, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Click Show Advanced to turn on advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select rtorrent and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
rTorrent - Enable: Yes
- Host:
rTorrent Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Path :
/rtorrent/rpc/ - Username:
rTorrent Username - Password:
rTorrent Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Click the + sign under Remote Path Mappings section (Make sure that Advanced Settings is turned on as mentioned in the step 3)
- Fill in the values as follows.
- Host:
rTorrent Hostname - Remote Path:
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/rtorrent - Local Path:
/storage/downloads/rtorrent
- Host:
This configuration assumes
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/rtorrentis the default download directory set in rTorrent/ruTorrent. If your default download directory is different in rTorrent/ruTorrent make sure to adjust the paths and replaceUSERNAMEandXaccordingly. You can easily get the remote path from rTorrent settings and local path from your FTP client.
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.
¶ Connecting Deluge
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
deluge. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, URL Base, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Turn on Advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select deluge and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
Deluge - Enable: Yes
- Host:
Deluge Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Base :
Deluge URL Base - Username:
Deluge Username - Password:
Deluge Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Click the + sign under Remote Path Mappings section (Make sure that Advanced Settings is turned on as mentioned in the step 3)
- Fill in the values as follows.
- Host:
Deluge Hostname - Remote Path:
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/deluge - Local Path:
/storage/downloads/deluge
- Host:
This configuration assumes
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/delugeis the default download directory set in deluge. If your default download directory is different in deluge make sure to adjust the paths and replaceUSERNAMEandXaccordingly. You can easily get the remote path from deluge settings and local path from your FTP client.
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.
¶ Connecting qBittorrent
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
qbittorrent. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, URL Base, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Turn on Advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select qbittorrent and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
qBittorrent - Enable: Yes
- Host:
qBittorrent Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Base :
qBittorrent URL Base - Username:
qBittorrent Username - Password:
qBittorrent Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Click the + sign under Remote Path Mappings section (Make sure that Advanced Settings is turned on as mentioned in the step 3)
- Fill in the values as follows.
- Host:
qBittorrent Hostname - Remote Path:
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/qbittorrent - Local Path:
/storage/downloads/qbittorrent
- Host:
This configuration assumes
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/qbittorrentis the default download directory set in qbittorrent. If your default download directory is different in qbittorrent make sure to adjust the paths and replaceUSERNAMEandXaccordingly. You can easily get the remote path from qbittorrent settings and local path from your FTP client.
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.
¶ Connecting Transmission
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
transmission. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, URL Base, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Turn on Advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select transmission and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
Transmission - Enable: Yes
- Host:
Transmission Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Base :
Transmission URL Base - Username:
Transmission Username - Password:
Transmission Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Click the + sign under Remote Path Mappings section (Make sure that Advanced Settings is turned on as mentioned in the step 3)
- Fill in the values as follows.
- Host:
Transmission Hostname - Remote Path:
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/transmission - Local Path:
/storage/downloads/transmission
- Host:
This configuration assumes
/homeX/USERNAME/storage/downloads/transmissionis the default download directory set in transmission. If your default download directory is different in transmission make sure to adjust the paths and replaceUSERNAMEandXaccordingly. You can easily get the remote path from transmission settings and local path from your FTP client.
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.
¶ Connecting SABnzbd
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
sabnzbd. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, URL Base, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Turn on Advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select sabnzbd and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
SABnzbd - Enable: Yes
- Host:
SABnzbd Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Base :
SABnzbd URL Base - Username:
SABnzbd Username - Password:
SABnzbd Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.
¶ Connecting Nzbget
- Navigate to the Application Manager page and search for
nzbget. - Click icon to open the Access Info page and note down Hostname, URL Base, Username and Password which will be used in subsequent steps.
- Navigate to Settings > Download Clients and Turn on Advanced settings.
- Click the + sign to add your client. Then select nzbget and fill in the values you have got from step 2 as follows.
- Name:
Nzbget - Enable: Yes
- Host:
Nzbget Hostname - Port:
443 - Url Base :
Nzbget URL Base - Username:
Nzbget Username - Password:
Nzbget Password - Use SSL: Yes
- Name:
- Finally click the Test button to test the connection. If successful, click the Save button.