Middleman

Installation

Clone the Middleman repository, enter it and initialize the application.

git clone https://github.com/genial123/middleman.git
cd middleman
node server --init

If the last command prints "Initialized!" you're almost there!

Configuration

The "--init" command just created a config-file you'll need to edit. All config-settings are explained in the file config.man.txt. Open the config in your favourite editor and fill out the necessities (usernames, password, irc-keys, api-keys, urls, etc):

Linux and OS X: ~/.middleman/config.json
Windows: C:\Users<your-username>\AppData\Local\middleman\config.json

Note: Be careful with the syntax while editing the config. If Middleman can't parse the config as JSON, it will refuse to run.

Note: Only the PTP-modules require CouchPotato and only the BTN-module requires SickBeard. If you for example don't enable the BTN-module, you don't need to fill out the SickBeard-config.

Fingers crossed

When you're done editing your config, you can load up the application. On Linux/OS X, while standing in the application-folder run:

node server

On Windows, run the following file to start Middleman as a standalone application:

webkit/windows/middleman.vbs

The application will start placed in your system tray so don't panic if you don't see a window appear. Click the icon in your system tray to open Middleman, and minimize the window to put it back into the tray again.

Log-files can be found in the same directory your config is located.

Manually updating Middleman

Middleman will per default automatically update itself on bugfixes and patches (requires git installed), you can even configure it to auto-update itself on larger releases as well. When it's time for you to manually update the application, make sure you've stopped it first. With Git, update Middleman by running:

git pull

If you didn't install Git you need to manually download the newer zip/tarball from Github and replace the existing application.

As a Debian/Ubuntu service

Standing in the Middleman application directory, copy the init.d-script that comes with Middleman and make it executable

sudo cp init/ubuntu /etc/init.d/middleman
sudo chmod +x /etc/init.d/middleman

Copy the defaults-file, this is the file you'll use to override the default settings in the init.d-script

sudo cp init/ubuntu.defaults /etc/default/middleman

Edit the defaults file you just copied

sudo nano /etc/default/middleman

MM_USER is the username you want to run Middleman as
MM_HOME is the path to the Middleman application
MM_DATA is the path to the Middleman data directory

Install the service

sudo update-rc.d middleman defaults

Done! You can now start it as any other service by:

sudo /etc/init.d/middleman start

As a Windows "service"

Create a shortcut to webkit/windows/middleman.vbs in your Startup directory.