
SABnzbd includes several tools to help you schedule and limit your download speeds in order to keep your Usenet activity from overwhelming your home network. Scheduling and Limiting Your Download Speed Once you’ve finished configuring things, click the Config tab and then click Restart.

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You can read more about HTTPS Support in SABnzbd and how to generate a custom SSL certificate with OpenSSL here. SABnzbd does support HTTPS, you can toggle it on in the HTTPS Support sub-menu.
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While no login/pass might be fine for inside your private home network if you’re going to access your SABnzbd installation from outside your home network a password is a must. The second thing you want to do is check out the Web server authentication sub-menu. Cut and paste the keys into a TXT file and put it aside for the moment-several of the tricks we’ll cover here will call on one or both of them and many apps and add-ons you might find in your explorations will require them. Click Generate New Key for both the API and NZB Keys. At the bottom of the sub-menu you’ll see the key generation interface. First look in the SABnzbd Web Server sub-menu. There you’ll find several sub-menus of interest.

Open up your SABnzbd web console and navigate to Config –> General. The first thing you want to do is set up SABnzbd for remote control and outside access-most add-ons and external apps won’t work without them.

Generate an API Key and Configure for Outside Access Once you’re up to speed on SABnzbd and have it installed and the basic configuration knocked out, it’s time to start customizing it. If you’re interested in using Usenet and SABnzbd like a TiVo to download all your favorite TV shows make sure to check out our follow up Usenet guide focused on SickBeard-a TV management app so magical you’ll have to see it to believe it. If you’re new to the whole Usenet and SABnzbd circuit, you’ll be well served to hit up our original guide to getting started with Usenet here. Now we’re back to show you how to supercharge your SABnzbd experience with add-ons and customizations. Last month we showed you how to get started with Usenet using SABnzbd.
