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NZBThrottle

Overview

NZBThrottle is a utility that automatically throttles Usenet download speeds based on custom schedules and conditions.


Deployment

sb install nzbthrottle

Usage

NZBThrottle automatically throttles Usenet download speeds based on custom schedules. Configure your download clients (SABnzbd, NZBGet, etc.) and schedules in /opt/nzbthrottle/config.json, then restart with docker restart nzbthrottle.

Note: Configuration is file-based with no web interface.

Role Defaults

Use the Inventory to customize variables. (1)

  1. Example override

    nzbthrottle_name: "custom_value"
    

    Avoid overriding variables ending in _default

    When overriding variables that end in _default (like nzbthrottle_docker_envs_default), you replace the entire default configuration. Future updates that add new default values will not be applied to your setup, potentially breaking functionality.

    Instead, use the corresponding _custom variable (like nzbthrottle_docker_envs_custom) to add your changes. Custom values are merged with defaults, ensuring you receive updates.

nzbthrottle_name
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_name: nzbthrottle

Container

nzbthrottle_role_docker_container
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_container: "{{ nzbthrottle_name }}"

Image

nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_pull
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_pull: true
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_repo
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_repo: "daghaian/nzbthrottle"
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_tag
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_tag: "latest"
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image: "{{ lookup('role_var', '_docker_image_repo', role='nzbthrottle') }}:{{ lookup('role_var', '_docker_image_tag', role='nzbthrottle') }}"

Envs

nzbthrottle_role_docker_envs_default
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_envs_default:
  TZ: "{{ tz }}"
nzbthrottle_role_docker_envs_custom
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_envs_custom: {}

Volumes

nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_default
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_default:
  - "{{ nzbthrottle_role_paths_config_location }}:/nzbthrottle/config.json:ro"
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_custom
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_custom: []

Hostname

nzbthrottle_role_docker_hostname
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_hostname: "{{ nzbthrottle_name }}"

Networks

nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_alias
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_alias: "{{ nzbthrottle_name }}"
nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_default
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_default: []
nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_custom
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_networks_custom: []

Restart Policy

nzbthrottle_role_docker_restart_policy
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_restart_policy: unless-stopped

State

nzbthrottle_role_docker_state
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_state: started

The following advanced options are available via create_docker_container but are not defined in the role. See: docker_container module

Resource Limits

nzbthrottle_role_docker_blkio_weight
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_blkio_weight:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_period
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_period:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_quota
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_quota:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_shares
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpu_shares:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpus
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpus:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpuset_cpus
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpuset_cpus:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpuset_mems
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cpuset_mems:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_kernel_memory
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_kernel_memory:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_reservation
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_reservation:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_swap
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_swap:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_swappiness
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_memory_swappiness:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_shm_size
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_shm_size:

Security & Devices

nzbthrottle_role_docker_cap_drop
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cap_drop:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cgroupns_mode
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cgroupns_mode:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_cgroup_rules
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_cgroup_rules:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_read_bps
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_read_bps:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_read_iops
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_read_iops:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_requests
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_requests:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_write_bps
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_write_bps:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_write_iops
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_device_write_iops:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_devices
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_devices:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_devices_default
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_devices_default:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_groups
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_groups:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_privileged
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_privileged:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_security_opts
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_security_opts:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_user
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_user:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_userns_mode
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_userns_mode:

Networking

nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_opts
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_opts:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_search_domains
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_search_domains:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_servers
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_dns_servers:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_domainname
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_domainname:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_exposed_ports
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_exposed_ports:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_hosts
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_hosts:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_hosts_use_common
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_hosts_use_common:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ipc_mode
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ipc_mode:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_links
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_links:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_network_mode
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_network_mode:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_pid_mode
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_pid_mode:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ports
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ports:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_uts
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_uts:

Storage

nzbthrottle_role_docker_keep_volumes
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_keep_volumes:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_mounts
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_mounts:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_storage_opts
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_storage_opts:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_tmpfs
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_tmpfs:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volume_driver
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volume_driver:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_from
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_from:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_global
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_global:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_working_dir
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_working_dir:

Monitoring & Lifecycle

nzbthrottle_role_docker_auto_remove
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_auto_remove:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cleanup
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cleanup:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_force_kill
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_force_kill:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_healthcheck
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_healthcheck:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_healthy_wait_timeout
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_healthy_wait_timeout:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_init
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_init:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_kill_signal
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_kill_signal:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_log_driver
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_log_driver:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_log_options
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_log_options:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_oom_killer
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_oom_killer:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_oom_score_adj
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_oom_score_adj:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_output_logs
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_output_logs:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_paused
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_paused:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_recreate
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_recreate:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_restart_retries
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_restart_retries:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_stop_timeout
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_stop_timeout:

Other Options

nzbthrottle_role_docker_capabilities
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_capabilities:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cgroup_parent
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_cgroup_parent:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_commands
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_commands:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_create_timeout
# Type: int
nzbthrottle_role_docker_create_timeout:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_entrypoint
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_entrypoint:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_env_file
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_env_file:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_labels
# Type: dict
nzbthrottle_role_docker_labels:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_labels_use_common
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_labels_use_common:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_read_only
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_read_only:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_runtime
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_runtime:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_sysctls
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_sysctls:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ulimits
# Type: list
nzbthrottle_role_docker_ulimits:
nzbthrottle_role_autoheal_enabled
# Enable or disable Autoheal monitoring for the container created when deploying
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_autoheal_enabled: true
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on
# List of container dependencies that must be running before the container start
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on: ""
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on_delay
# Delay in seconds before starting the container after dependencies are ready
# Type: string (quoted number)
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on_delay: "0"
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on_healthchecks
# Enable healthcheck waiting for container dependencies
# Type: string ("true"/"false")
nzbthrottle_role_depends_on_healthchecks:
nzbthrottle_role_diun_enabled
# Enable or disable Diun update notifications for the container created when deploying
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_diun_enabled: true
nzbthrottle_role_docker_controller
# Enable or disable Saltbox Docker Controller management for the container
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_controller: true
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_repo
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_repo:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_tag
# Type: string
nzbthrottle_role_docker_image_tag:
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_download
# Type: bool (true/false)
nzbthrottle_role_docker_volumes_download: