Please note: WD does not support installing 3rd party apps on the WD My Cloud. If you do, you do so at your own risk, and doing so can cause the UI and other things to break. If you proceed further, you are fully aware of the usual WD’s warranty void clauses including disclaimer from any damages that may resulted from this guide.
Hi together, I have created a script that will install and configure the WD Mycloud from the factory default settings, with the following applications:
- MiniDLNA
- Transmissin
- Ajenti
- Sickbeard
The reason for the creation was, that i love to hack the MyCloud, and install applications, but it often went wrong and had to debrick it following this guide and install and configure it again new. (thanks for posting)
I created the script for my own use, so it contains some specific settings of mine, that will only work if you have the same folder structure in your shares. I used the follwowing guides (thanks for the posters):
Minidlna, Transmission; Ajenti and Sickbeard with some mnodifications.
Prerequisites:
- You have SSH enabled in My Cloud.
- You have an SSH client installed in your PC (Windows users will find Putty handy).
- You know the local IP address of My Cloud so you can connect to it via SSH.
- Your My Cloud has access to the Internet.
- Your My Cloud is running a firmware version prior to release 4.00.00-607. (firmware 3)
- Firmware auto update is disabled.
You should then be able to connect to MyCloud via SSH by using the My Cloud IP and standard port 22 with Username: root and Password: welc0me (provided you did not change it… Also notice “0” is number zero, not a capital o).
Step -1 - Switch off standard (Twonky server) DLNA support in WD control Panel:
Menu “Settings” → “Media” → “DLNA Media Server” → switch “Media Streaming” button to “OFF” position.
You won’t be needing two DLNA servers running simultaneously.
Step 0 - Create folder structure on your WD Public Share
Public/MiniDLNA
Public/MiniDLNA/cache
Public/MiniDLNA/log
Public/Transmission
Public/Transmission/blocklists
Public/Transmission/resume
Public/Transmission/torrents
Public/Transmission/Downloads
Step 1 - connect to your MyCloud via SSH and craete the script
nano install.sh
Copy and paste the script into nano
#!/bin/bash
cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.bak
apt-get update
#minidlna
apt-get -y install minidlna
sudo service minidlna stop
cp /etc/init.d/minidlna /etc/init.d/minidlna.bak
sed -i 's/PIDDIR=\/run\/$NAME/PIDDIR=\/var\/run\/$NAME/g' /etc/init.d/minidlna
cp /etc/minidlna.conf /etc/minidlna.conf.bak
sed -i 's/media_dir=\/var\/lib\/minidlna/media_dir=A,\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Shared Music \nmedia_dir=P,\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Shared Pictures \nmedia_dir=V,\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Shared Videos \nmedia_dir=V,\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Transmission\/Downloads/g' /etc/minidlna.conf
sed -i 's/#db_dir=\/var\/lib\/minidlna/db_dir=\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/MiniDLNA\/cache/g' /etc/minidlna.conf
sed -i 's/#log_dir=\/var\/log/log_dir=\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/MiniDLNA\/log/g' /etc/minidlna.conf
sed -i 's/#presentation_url=http:\/\/example.com:80/presentation_url=http:\/\/192.168.0.15:8200/g' /etc/minidlna.conf
sed -i 's/#inotify=yes/inotify=yes/g' /etc/minidlna.conf
usermod -a -G share minidlna
service minidlna start
#transmission
apt-get -y install transmission-cli transmission-common transmission-daemon
/etc/init.d/transmission-daemon stop
cp /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json.bak
sed -i 's/USER=debian-transmission/USER=root /g' /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
sed -i 's/"rpc-authentication-required": true,/"rpc-authentication-required": false,/g' /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
sed -i 's/"rpc-whitelist-enabled": true,/"rpc-whitelist-enabled": false,/g' /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
sed -i 's/\/var\/lib\/transmission-daemon\/downloads/\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Transmission\/Downloads/g' /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
sed -i 's/"utp-enabled": true/"utp-enabled": true,/g' /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
sed -i 's/}/"watch-dir": "\/DataVolume\/shares\/Public\/Transmission\/torrents", \n"watch-dir-enabled": true \n}/g' /etc/transmission-daemon/settings.json
rmdir /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/blocklists
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/Public/Transmission/blocklists /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/blocklists
rmdir /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/resume
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/Public/Transmission/resume /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/resume
rmdir /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/torrents
ln -s /DataVolume/shares/Public/Transmission/torrents /var/lib/transmission-daemon/info/torrents
/etc/init.d/transmission-daemon start
#ajenti
wget http://repo.ajenti.org/debian/key -O- | apt-key add -
echo "deb http://repo.ajenti.org/debian main main debian" >> /etc/apt/sources.list
apt-get update && apt-get -y install ajenti
service ajenti restart
#sickbeard
cd /usr/share/
wget http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/C/Cheetah/Cheetah-2.4.4.tar.gz
tar -zxvf Cheetah-2.4.4.tar.gz
rm -f Cheetah-2.4.4.tar.gz
cd Cheetah-2.4.4
python setup.py install
wget https://github.com/midgetspy/Sick-Beard/tarball/master
mv master sickbeard.tar.gz
tar -xzvf sickbeard.tar.gz
rm -f sickbeard.tar.gz
mv midgetspy* sickbeard
echo '#!/bin/sh
#Required -- Defaults Provided (only change if you know you need to).
HOST="0.0.0.0" #Set Sick Beard address here.
PORT="8081" #Set Sick Beard port here.
#Optional -- Unneeded unless you have added a user name and password to Sick Beard.
SBUSR="" #Set Sick Beard user name (if you use one) here.
SBPWD="" #Set Sick Beard password (if you use one) here.
#Script -- No changes needed below.
case "$1" in
start)
PATH=$PATH:/usr/bin:/usr/sbin
echo "Starting Sickbeard."
# use /usr/bin/python2.7/ if you skipped the Python update!
/usr/bin/python2.7 /usr/share/sickbeard/SickBeard.py -q > /dev/null 2>&1 &
;;
stop)
#Shutdown Sick Beard and delete the index.html files that wget generates.
echo "Stopping Sick Beard"
wget -q --user=$SBUSR --password=$SBPWD "http://$HOST:$PORT/home/shutdown/" --delete-after
sleep 6s
;;
*)
echo "Usage: $0 {start|stop}"
exit 1
esac
exit 0' > /etc/init.d/sickbeard
chmod 755 /etc/init.d/sickbeard
update-rc.d sickbeard defaults
/etc/init.d/sickbeard start
apt-get -y install subversion
svn checkout https://github.com/patrickdessalle/periscope periscope-read-only
apt-get -y install python-setuptools python-beautifulsoup
cd periscope-read-only/trunk
python setup.py install
cd /usr/share/sickbeard
echo '#!/bin/sh
echo Filename to process. $1
echo Original filename... $2
echo Show TVDB id........ $3
echo Season number....... $4
echo Episode number...... $5
echo Episode air date.... $6
echo ... will now pass the search info to periscope to snatch a subtitle
/usr/local/bin/periscope "$1" -l hu -l en --force' > searchSubs.sh
chmod 755 searchSubs.sh
sudo /etc/init.d/sickbeard stop
sed -i 's/extra_scripts = ""/extra_scripts = "\/usr\/share\/sickbeard\/searchSubs.sh"/g' /usr/share/sickbeard/config.ini
sudo /etc/init.d/sickbeard start
mv -f /etc/apt/sources.list.bak /etc/apt/sources.list
Press crt+X to exit and Y to save.
Step 2 - Permissions
chmod 777 install.sh
Step 3 - Execute script
./install.sh
Now you have to wait until the script finishes.
The installation is Done and the basic configuration.
Notes for Applications
MiniDLNA:
For detailed info and guide: http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/GUIDE-Install-MiniDLNA-on-WD-My-Cloud-firmware-series-3/td-p/755364
BEAR IN MIND
You should turn firmware automatic updates off and backup configuration files in case you futurely update the NAS firmware and need to reinstall MiniDLNA.
The above works for files publicly accessible by everyone. Should you wish MiniDLNA to index and serve files included in directories of particular users you will need to tweak permissions.
USEFUL COMMANDS
service minidlna stop //stops daemon
service minidlna start //starts daemon
minidlnad //same as previous (starts daemon)
service minidlna force-reload //forces cleaning the database and starting fresh
FURTHER NOTES
Accessing the following URL in a browser will show a summary of indexed files and connected clients:
http://YOUR.WD.MYCLOUD.IP:8200
[Replace YOUR.WD.MYCLOUD.IP by whatever IP your My Cloud has on LAN (local network)]
Transmission:
For detailed info and guide: http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/GUIDE-Transmission-2-82/td-p/619597
Login to the Transmission GUI
Your mycloud ip or network name :9091
Ajenti:
For detailed info and guide: http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/GUIDE-Ajenti-Remote-Server-Administration/m-p/620195/highlight/true#M1363
You can now log into Ajenti using a secure https connection…Your browser may ask you to add an exception
https:// your MyCloud IP or Network Name :8000
Username: root
Password: admin
Sickbeard:
For detailed info and guide: http://community.wd.com/t5/WD-My-Cloud/GUIDE-Sickbeard-on-MyCloud/m-p/626963/highlight/true#M1959
Now in your web browser go to your MYCLOUD name or ip:8081
Set it all up
