How to get SABnzbd to save downloads outside of jail

[DanS]

I have FreeNAS build FreeNAS-9.2.1.7-RELEASE-x64 (fdbe9a0). I use it to store my media (TV shows, movies and music). I use the Plex Media Server Plugin to stream the media to WD TV Live and Roku 3 devices. This works great.

I have also installed the SABnzbd and SickBeard Plugins. I have both of these working under Windows and have been using them for months. I have replicated this working configuration in FreeNAS, and am able to download TV shows without any problem.

The problem I am running into is that I can't figure how to get SABnzbd to save completed downloads outside of its Jail.

All of my Plugins are in the same jail.

[root@freenas] # jls
JID IP Address Hostname Path
1 - customplugin_1 /mnt/Vol_ada0/jails/customplugin_1
2 - plexmediaserver_1 /mnt/Vol_ada0/jails/plexmediaserver_1
5 - sabnzbd_1 /mnt/Vol_ada0/jails/sabnzbd_1
6 - sickbeard_1 /mnt/Vol_ada0/jails/sickbeard_1

In the sabnzbd_1 jail, I have added storage as follows:

Jail: sabnzbd_1
Source: /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0/downloads
Destination: /media/downloads

When I try to point the SABnzbd completed downloads folder to the /media/downloads/complete folder, it still puts the files in
/mnt/Vol_ada0/jails/sabnzbd_1/media/downloads/complete

What do I have to do to have the downloads end up in /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0/downloads/complete?

 

[danb35]

When you set up storage, the destination directory (inside the jail) must (1) exist, and (2) be empty. If either of these is not the case, you'll have problems.

 

[DanS]

Thanks for the tip. I was able to resolve this by creating a new ZFS dataset at /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0/downloads.
I then deleted the sabnzb_1 storage, and added it back and now my downloads are ending up in /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0/downloads/complete.

I think it might be that the storage created inside the jail must point directly to the exact path of an existing dataset. So if your dataset is /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0, you can't add a storage source as /mnt/Vol_ada0/Win_ada0/downloads.