NZBHydra2 Qnap Install via SSH

In this NZBHydra2 Qnap installation guide, we will show you how to install NZBHydra2 on a QNAP system.

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Enabling SSH on your QNAP system

Please ensure that SSH is enabled on your QNAP system before installing NZBHydra2. SSH is required to complete the installation and configuration steps.

Open the web interface of your QNAP system by entering the IP address of the device in the address bar of your browser.

Go to Network & File Service.

Then to Telnet /SSH.

Check Allow SSH connection here.

Download and Install Putty for SSH QNAP

If you haven’t installed Putty on your computer yet, now is the time to do so. PuTTY is a free program that allows you to easily create an SSH connection to your QNAP system.

1. Go to the official PuTTY download page via this link: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html.
2. Choose the right version for your operating system. For Windows 10 or 11, it is recommended to download the 64-bit x86 version.
3. Download the installation file and follow the steps in the setup to install PuTTY.

Once the installation is complete, you can use PuTTY to establish an SSH connection to your QNAP system.

Installing Sherpa for NZBHydra2 Qnap

If Sherpa is not installed yet, you will need to do this first. We will use the program PuTTY for this.

Follow these steps to establish an SSH connection to your QNAP system:Follow these steps to establish an SSH connection to your QNAP system:

1. Open PuTTY on your computer.
2. Enter the IP address of your QNAP system in the Host Name (or IP address) field.
3. Click Open to start the connection.

Once the connection is established, you will be prompted to log in. Log in with your Administrator account, as only this account has the necessary rights to make changes and install software on your QNAP system.

Then use the command below to download and install Sherpa.

curl -skL https://tinyurl.com/get-sherpa > /share/Public/sherpa.qpkg;
sudo sh /share/Public/sherpa.qpkg;

If that doesn’t work, try the next alternative.

sudo sherpa

If that doesn’t work either, use the following command.

sherpa

Install NZBHydra2 Qnap

Enter the following command to start the installation of NZBHydra2.

sherpa install nzbhydra

NZBHydra2 can now be accessed via http://ip-address-qnap:5076

This was the tutorial to install NZBHydra2 Qnap.

tutorial NZBHydra2 Qnap

1. Tutorial NZBHydra2.
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