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Virtualhost for Couchpotato, Sickbeard, Transmission and SABnzbd

July 24th, 2011 Leave a comment Go to comments

I wanted to be able to get to my applications without having to enter the port numbers e.g.

http://mydomain.com/couchpotato

instead of

http://mydomain.com:5000

First off is to add the information to enable the Apache Proxy Module. This information came from linode.com

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf

File excerpt: /etc/apache2/mods-available/proxy.conf

<IfModule mod_proxy.c>
        #turning ProxyRequests on and allowing proxying from all may allow
        #spammers to use your proxy to send email.
 
        ProxyRequests Off
 
        <Proxy *>
                AddDefaultCharset off
                Order deny,allow
                Allow from all
        </Proxy>
 
        # Enable/disable the handling of HTTP/1.1 "Via:" headers.
        # ("Full" adds the server version; "Block" removes all outgoing Via: headers)
        # Set to one of: Off | On | Full | Block
 
        ProxyVia On
</IfModule>

Then you need to make sure that the modules are enabled

sudo a2enmod proxy
sudo a2enmod proxy_http
sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

Then you need to add the locations to the defaults sites

sudo gedit /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

File excerpt: /etc/apache2/sites-available/default

    <Location /couchpotato>
        ProxyPass http://localhost:5000
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:5000
    </Location>
 
    <Location /sabnzbd>
        ProxyPass http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8080/sabnzbd
    </Location>
 
    <Location /sickbeard>
        ProxyPass http://localhost:8081/sickbeard
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:8081/sickbeard
    </Location>
 
    <Location /transmission>
        ProxyPass http://localhost:9091/transmission
        ProxyPassReverse http://localhost:9091/transmission
    </Location>

Restart apache by running

sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart

You will have to edit the config.ini files for both Couchpotato, and SickBeard to use a webroot. Here’s are the lines in the config.ini files that had to change, and what they were changed to.

SickBeard config.ini
web_root = /sickbeard

Couchpotato config.ini
urlbase = couchpotato

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  1. Gpo23
    August 11th, 2011 at 11:33 | #1
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    Hi,

    Thank your for this great tutorial.

    However could you explain :

    “You will have to edit the config.ini files for both Couchpotato, and SickBeard to use a webroot…”

    i’ve tried to set the webroot to “/sickbeard” but all the links don’t work, and images are not displayed.

    Thank you

    Gpo

  2. michael
    August 11th, 2011 at 11:57 | #2
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    Here’s are the lines in my config.ini files that I had to change, and what I changed them to.

    SickBeard config.ini
    web_root = /sickbeard

    Couchpotato config.ini
    urlbase = couchpotato

    I believe that Sickbeard can not be running when you edit the file, or it will overwrite it when it gets shutdown/restarted. I don’t remember if Couchpotato is the same or not.

  3. Gpo23
    August 11th, 2011 at 13:18 | #3
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    Waouh ! it’s working !

    you’re right. Sickbeard wasn’t seeing the new web_root option.

    Thanks a lot !

    See ya

  4. Ryan
    January 26th, 2012 at 15:25 | #4
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    I’ve been battling with this for days now.

    Best I can get is basic text, no images.

    My Apache2 doesn’t allow locations so instead I have:

    ProxyPass /couchpotato/ http://localhost:5000
    ProxyPassReverse /couchpotato/ http://localhost:5000

    Can’t figure out why?

  5. michael
    January 26th, 2012 at 22:59 | #5
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    @Ryan
    What error does it give you when you add the locations to /etc/apache2/sites-available/default? Did you make sure that you enabled the proxy and proxy_http modules and restart apache?

  6. wit
    February 25th, 2012 at 10:58 | #6
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    Another solution that doesn’t need to change the web root/url base:
    In your apache vhost:

    # Rewrite engine needed – a2enmod rewrite
    RewriteEngine On

    # XBMC Reverse Proxy (XBMC listening on localhost:8081)

    # Redirect subrequests GET /foo/bar to GET /xbmc/foo/bar
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://[^/]+/xbmc
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xbmc
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^GET
    RewriteRule ^/(.*) /xbmc/$1 [QSA,R]

    # Rewrite subrequests POST /foo/bar to POST /xbmc/foo/bar
    RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} ^https?://[^/]+/xbmc
    RewriteCond %{REQUEST_URI} !^/xbmc
    RewriteCond %{THE_REQUEST} ^POST
    RewriteRule ^/(.*) /xbmc/$1 [QSA,PT]

    ProxyPass /xbmc/ http://localhost:8081/
    ProxyPassReverse /xbmc/ http://localhost:8081/

    # now you can replace each “xbmc” string with “couchpotato” or “sickbeard” etc
    # and modify the listening port accordingly

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