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Stop if disk is full​

You can make autobrr stop adding torrents to your download client whenever you're running low on space.

Create the script​

touch ~/freespace.sh && chmod +x ~/freespace.sh
#!/bin/bash
set -e

reqSpace=100000000 # 100GB
SPACE=`df "$HOME/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}'`
if [[ $SPACE -le reqSpace ]]
then
  #echo "not enough space"
  #echo "free $SPACE"
  exit 1
fi
#echo "got space"
#echo "free $SPACE"
exit 0

For Docker:

#!/bin/sh
set -e

reqSpace=250000000 # 250GB
SPACE=$(df "/torrents" | awk 'END{print $4}')
if [ "$SPACE" -le $reqSpace ]
then
  echo "not enough space"
  echo "free $SPACE"
  exit 1
fi
echo "got space"
echo "free $SPACE"
exit 0

If the script sees that there is enough space available, it will return exit code 0 and autobrr will push the torrent to the download client.

If free space falls below your limit, the script will return exit code 1 and autobrr will skip it.

tip

If you want autobrr to check the disk space of a remote server, then place the script above at the remote server and this one at the server autobrr runs on and call it from the autobrr filter like explained below:

#!/bin/bash
retcode=$(ssh user@domain "bash -s < ~/freespace.sh ; echo \$? " 2>/dev/null)
echo $retcode

Add it to your existing filter​

External script

Downloading log files​

Log files can be listed and downloaded under Settings > Logs. Downloaded files are automatically sanitized: passkeys, API keys and IRC credentials are redacted, which makes them safe to share when asking for help on Discord or GitHub.

Application settings​

A few useful toggles live under Settings > Application:

  • Theme: light, dark, or follow the system theme.
  • Language: the web UI is available in several languages (English, German, Czech, Spanish, French, Russian, Norwegian and Simplified Chinese). Your browser language is detected automatically, and the choice is stored per browser.
  • Check for updates: toggles the update check; when a new version is available, a notice with a link appears next to the version number.
  • WebUI debug mode: extra debug output in the browser, only useful when troubleshooting the UI itself.

Troubleshooting filters utilizing the autobrr.log file​

The Logs page in the app itself is a good way to monitor new announces, but it cannot show old announces.

If you want to check why a filter is not grabbing anything without waiting for a new announce, you can do so with tail.

Enable logging if you haven't already​

~/.config/autobrr/config.toml
# autobrr logs file
# If not defined, logs to stdout
#
# Optional
#
logPath = "log/autobrr.log"

# Log level
#
# Default: "DEBUG"
#
# Options: "ERROR", "DEBUG", "INFO", "WARN", "TRACE"
#
logLevel = "TRACE"

Check previous announces​

# -n 100 will search the last 100 lines, you might have to increase this
# put the name of your filter inside the parentheses

tail -n 100 ~/.config/autobrr/logs/autobrr.log | grep 'CheckFilter: (NAME OF YOUR FILTER)'

Monitor new announces​

# put the name of your filter inside the parentheses

tail -f ~/.config/autobrr/logs/autobrr.log | grep 'CheckFilter: (NAME OF YOUR FILTER)'

Expected output​

{"level":"debug","module":"filter","time":"2023-01-11T17:05:44Z","message":"filter.Service.CheckFilter: (Race - groups) for release: Teppen.Laughing.til.You.Cry.S01.720p.CR.WEB-DL.REPACK.AAC2.0.H.264-SubsPlease <Highlight color="#ff2754">rejections: (episodes not matching. got: 0 want: 1-99, release groups not matching. got: SubsPlease want: ggez,glhf,DiRT,cinefeel,casstudio,cmrg,flux,smurf,ntb,kings,plzproper,gossip,playweb,cakes,bae,ggwp,rapidcows,trollhd,playhd,playtv,truffle)"}

Based on the output here, the announce was rejected because you've blocked season packs by asking for episodes 1 to 99. It was also rejected because the release group did not match your criteria.