The NZB Drone Service on Local Computer started and then stopped

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Hi folks,

This is doing my head in. I have a HP Microserver running Server 2012 Essentials. I can install and configure NZBDrone fine, and get everything working exactly the way i want it to, and it’s bliss…bliss i tells ya. I can see Sonarr, Sonarr talks to SabNZBD, things get downloaded, renamed, and i watch using Plex. Happy days.

Then, i’ll have to reboot my server, and it all goes to hell in a handbasket. Initally, on startup, i get the following message -
EPIC FAIL - PortInUseException: Port8989 is already in use, please ensure NZBDrone is not already running.

So i go and try to start the service manually, and get this.

The NZBDrone service on Local Computer started and then stopped. Some services stop automatically if they are not in use by other services or programs.

So, already ticked the foilowing boxes…

  • i’ve reinstalled (multiple times)
  • I’ve tried setting it up using a different port
  • I’ve ttried setting it up as an exe that needs to be run rather than a service
  • Added a Dword key to increase timeout as per a forum post i came across.
  • Have run port checking software that confirms that there is absolutely nothing on Port 8989.

Anyone smarter than me (which is admittedly a big pool) got any thoughts?

If anyone is interested, my log file can be seen here…
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/7951539/nzbdrone.txt

Please help - i’m on the precipice of actually making technology do EXACTLY what i want it to do, and i can’t bear the fact that some stupid error is stopping me in my tracks!

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I see you have set a bind address in Sonarr’s config and that its set to a public IP. Is that IP available directly on the server?

If you set the bind address back to * does the issue persist?

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Oh for f**k’s sake…

Yep, changed the config.xml to point to the local network IP (i suppose you could use 127.0.0.1 as well?) and service has started fine. I don’t get it - the machine can see that address fine? Just not when it’s starting the service apparently?

Don’t care - it seems to be working and i’m rapt - thanks heaps Markus - you’ve saved me a lot of frustration and stress!!

Thanks mate - you’re a superstar!