"Unable to connect to SABnzbd" Download Client settings in Prowlarr

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shishababa25
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"Unable to connect to SABnzbd" Download Client settings in Prowlarr

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I am getting this error message and I cannot seem to figure out how to fix it. Please help...

Test was aborted due to an error: Unable to connect to SABnzbd, Connection refused
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Re: "Unable to connect to SABnzbd" Download Client settings in Prowlarr

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How can we help you if you don't share any information about how things are setup?
Are we supposed to guess at your setup?
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Re: "Unable to connect to SABnzbd" Download Client settings in Prowlarr

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Sorry, I am new at this and trying to figure things out. Can you tell me what kind of information I can give you? I have wsl2 and got the arrs containers running in dockge. I am trying to add SABnzbd to the download client area in Prowlarr and actually I have tried the other arrs aswell and I get that error... let me know what else I can tell you
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Re: "Unable to connect to SABnzbd" Download Client settings in Prowlarr

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You have WSL2, so ... Windows?

Just install the apps straight onto Windows. Much easier: no docker isolation. Avoids a lot of questions.

Enjoy

PS: later on you can start to learn Linux. After finishing that docker. And then you could try again.
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