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label: NGINX
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order: 997
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icon: /static/nginx.png
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# NGINX Setup
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### What is Nginx?
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It's a free and open source software, it's really powerful but here we will only use it to display files on a simple web interface.
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The files we are using will be media such as movies or animes, that you need to download yourself (here we will use torrents)
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I will also refer to nginx as `HTTP access` in this tutorial because it allows the user to access his file using http.
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**You must have a server (like a raspberry pi, a NAS or a seedbox) and a media collection to use this feature !**
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### Why did I create that?
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I used to be a user of [jellyfin](https://jellyfin.org/) because I didn't want to pay for a subscription and I didn't want to use proprietary software just to display files like plex.
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It wasn't working really well and I sometimes wasn't able to play Movies and it semmed to use a lot of ressources
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The solution? Scrape the media files and their metadata using Cloudstream-3
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The advantages of this provier over jellyfin are that it's lightweight and integrated with cloudstream
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**To setup nginx you must have a media server:**
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- A 'managed' seedbox: is a service that you can rent and will take care of finding, downloading torrents and seeding them for you, check out mine [here](https://www.sarlays.com/my-media-server/), easiest method (that I use)
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- You can also self host the media server, I cover the install of nginx [here](https://www.sarlays.com/unlisted/self-host-nginx) (harder)
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Here I'll cover the install on a managed seedbox using ultra.cc
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### What are trackers?
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They are basically websites where you create an account and they "list" content hosted by other users registered on the website (they don't host the content themself).
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Sonarr and radarr will then ask prowlarr to search for something specific like a movie or an anime inside this list built by the tracker
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Once the movie is found, the torrent file is sent to transmission.
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Transmission is basically a torrent downloader, it will download the files given by radarr and sonarr
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### Installation with ultraseedbox
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Ultraseedbox (now called ultra.cc) is a service that allows you to download torrents with really fast download speed and then seed those torrent (which means sharing it with other users how want to download them 24/7) but it cost some money, you can check them out [here](https://ultra.cc/) (I am not affiliated with them in any way, but their support and service is really great for me).
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You can use any similar seedbox service that offers http access through nginx.
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For my setup you have to install:
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**required (for metadata):**
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- Sonarr (for tv shows)
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- Radarr (for movies)
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- Nginx - http access (already installed by default on ultra.cc)
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### Setting up radarr / sonarr
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You must use a metadata downloader (that downloads `.nfo` files), I'll use radarr and sonarr since it's the easiest for me (it might be possible to download metadata using something else but I didn't try)
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To install radarr and sonarr go into your control pannel, under installers search for sonarr and radarr
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You now have to enable the download of metadata
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To do so for Radarr go inside radarr to:
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`settings > metadata`
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you have to enable Kodi (XMBC) / Emby metadata
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I use the following settings in radarr
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you must untick "use Movie.nfo" as shown in the screenshot
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For Sonarr go to:
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`settings > metadata`
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And enable those settings
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If the metadata is not present, the movie / tv show will not be displayed by cloudstream
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Now we are ready, if you want to add folders to the http access you can follow the documentation coming from [ultra.cc](https://docs.usbx.me/books/http-access/page/downloading-files-from-your-ultracc-slot-using-http-access)
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### In cloudstream
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Go into the settings of Cloudstream-3 and click the Nginx server url button
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Here you need to type the exact url of the http nginx server where you access your files, for exemple https://myusername.myles.usbx.me/
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The http access requires authentification, you have to go under Nginx Credentials and type your username and password.
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Those credentials are written in the control pannel of ultra.cc under:
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`Access details > HTTP proxy access`
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As written in the description, you have to supply those credentials using a very specific format,
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let's say your username is `mycoolusername` and your password is `password1234` (Please use a password manager lol), then you have to type in the input: `mycoolusername:password1234`
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You now have to restart the app to apply the changes.
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Nginx will now show up in the sources list on the home page
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It might say that no url is supplied when starting the application, you can just hit the retry button and it should work fine
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That's it, you added nginx to Cloudstream |