Medusa

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Installation

pip

Install pip for python3 (if you haven't already)

   curl -s https://bootstrap.pypa.io/get-pip.py | python3 - --user

Add it to your PATH (if you haven't already)

  echo "PATH=\$HOME/.local/bin:\$PATH" >> ~/.bashrc && source ~/.bashrc

Download Medusa.

 git clone git://github.com/pymedusa/Medusa.git

Install python module dependencies

 pip3 install --user -U -r Medusa/requirements.txt

Start Medusa in daemon mode to create the initial configuration files.
```
 python3 ~/Medusa/start.py -d
```
Kill the Medusa process.
```
 pkill -f start.py
```
Edit the configuration file to set a port and download location. Port 28498 has been automatically generated for you, but you may use another 5 digit port between 10000 and 65535.
```
 nano ~/Medusa/config.ini
```
Change the line that reads root_dirs = "" to root_dirs = "0|/home/user/files".
Change the "web_port" option to 28498 or your chosen port. Set a username and password for the web interface by editing web_username = "user" and web_password = "your password here"
Change Your Bash Timezone. If you haven't set your Bash Timezone, your logs and television schedule will be incorrect.

Start Medusa

 python3 ~/Medusa/start.py -d --nolaunch

Automatically Restart

Below are steps to take to have your Medusa instance automatically restart if it crashes, or if the server is rebooted.

Make a file to be used for the script. touch ~/medusa_restart.cron

Edit the file and enter the text below. nano -w ~/medusa_restart.cron

#!/bin/bash
if pgrep -fx "/usr/lib/python-exec/python3.7/python3 /home/user/Medusa/start.py -d --nolaunch" > /dev/null
then
    echo "Medusa is running."
else 
    echo "Medusa is not running, starting Medusa"
     python3 ~/Medusa/start.py -d --nolaunch
fi
exit

Save the file with Ctrl+x, y and Enter to accept overwriting.
Make the script executable. chmod +x ~/medusa_restart.cron
Open your crontab. EDITOR=nano crontab -e

Enter the following text at the end of the file.

@reboot /home/user/medusa_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1
*/5 * * * * /home/user/medusa_restart.cron >/dev/null 2>&1

Save the crontab with Ctrl+x, y and Enter to accept overwriting.

Usage

Open your browser and navigate to http://server.whatbox.ca:28498 to access the Medusa web interface.