Hi
There are different guides out there. Any clue which is the best? I guess I would like it to run automatically, as a service.
Upstart with respawn disabled is probably the best: https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/wiki/Autostart-on-Linux (Option #1)
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I’ve used option1 since ubuntu 12, then 13.04, then 13.10 now 14.04. No issues.
Oh, son of a gun, I already had that set up, and it’s not working. It won’t start automatically, and if I type “sudo start nzbdrone” it says
nzbdrone start/running, process 23258
But I can’t access it. If I type “sudo status nzbdrone” I get
nzbdrone stop/waiting
I have to enter the “mono” terminal command to make it work.
Bigger problem! Coincidence or related? Something has wiped out most of the files in my /opt/NzbDrone folder twice now. I have apt-get update and upgrade to make it come back. 
Then it will start just fine.
Sorry for the flurry of messages! Maybe I had to do that in the right order? I reinstalled, opened and exited the upstart script, then I did sudo start nzbdrone, and now it’s working… Otheriwise, any idea what’s going on? I did have firefox open on ubuntu at the time.
Did you comment out or remove the respawn portion? Its commented out on the wiki now, but if its enabled and an automatic update kicks in then the install folder can get messed up (due to the respawn).
That was probably it! Hopin’ I’m trouble free at this point! It’s been a rough couple of days. Botched some upgrades to my media server. Thank you as always for everything.
Ahhh… just learned about the respawn… thanks for the topic…