SETUP

• These scripts were written and tested on Ubuntu 12.10 where bash is located at /bin/bash. You may need to create a symlink or edit these script accordingly.

• Please backup your database first. Something like this should do it.

  mysqldump --opt -u root -p newznab > ~/newznab_backup.sql

• The first step is to decide whether or not you will convert your database to the InnoDB engine. The InnoDB has a lot of benefits, too many to list here, but more ram is required. How much exactly, depends on too many things to list here.

• If you decide to convert your database, I recommend using kevin123's github. I recommend only converting the binaries a parts table, using compressed tables. But, there are many choices. I suggest you read his README and follow his recommendations. Or, simply:

  cd to a location to store the git repository.

  git clone https://github.com/kevinlekiller/Newznab-Barracuda.git

  cd Newznab-Barracuda/B\ +\ P/

  php bpinnodb_compressed.php

• Now clone kevin123's github and get the scripts.

  cd /var/www/newznab/misc/testing/

  git clone https://github.com/kevinlekiller/Newznab-InnoDB-Dropin.git innodb

• Clone my github

  cd /var/www/newznab/misc/update_scripts/nix_scripts/

  git clone https://github.com/jonnyboy/newznab-tmux.git tmux

  cd tmux

  nano edit_these.sh

• Edit some permissions, run as root.

  ./set_perms.sh

• Run my script, as user.

  ./start.sh

• If you connect using putty, then under Window/Translation set Remote character set to UTF-8.

• If something looks stalled, it probably isn't. If all 14 panes are still there, it is most likely, as it should be.

• update_cleanup needs to be uncommented to actually do something, and update_parsing is good for fixing a few releases everytime it runs, not a silver bullet though

• If you are running this on an OVH or kimsufi server, you may need to run sudo ./start.sh because they built grsecurity into the kernel.

• Now all panes should be running smoothly. If any of the scriptns in the top 3 panes crash, the panes should remain open and you should be able to view the error messages. I hope this helps.

• Join in the converstion at irc://moonlight.se.eu.synirc.net/newznab-tmux.

• Thanks go to all who offered their assistance and improvement to these scripts.

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* If, you find these scripts useful and would like to offer a donation, they are greatly appreciated. Thank you