PI Media Server

This project provides a single docker-compose file which sets up a whole media server including the right file path setup. The server is composed of 5 services:

• Plex: Media server which is the frontend for showing the shows and movies. It can be exposed externally and shared with others very easily.

• Sonarr: "Sonarr is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available".

• Radarr: Same as Sonarr but for movies.

• Jackett: "Jackett works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps (Sonarr, Radarr, SickRage, CouchPotato, Mylar, Lidarr, DuckieTV, qBittorrent, Nefarious etc) into tracker-site-specific http queries, parses the html response, then sends results back to the requesting software. This allows for getting recent uploads (like RSS) and performing searches. Jackett is a single repository of maintained indexer scraping & translation logic - removing the burden from other apps."

• Ombi: Request movies or shows on Radarr or Sonarr via a single interface.

• Transmission: "Uses fewer resources than other clients. Daemon ideal for servers, embedded systems, and headless use."

Prerequisites

Software

Installing docker on the raspberry pi should be as simple as calling:

curl -sSL https://get.docker.com | sh

To install docker-compose on raspberry pi the easiest way is to install pip and then call:

pip install docker-compose

For other operating systems the installation should be straight forward.

Data location

The location where you store your data has to be handled with care in order for everything to function properly. Many docker images suggest a different approach which is most of the time simply wrong. Therefore the following file hierarchy is suggested:

# root folder for sonarr as it needs to be able to see both /torrents and /media

# somewhere on SSD or storage where I/O does not hurt as much
configs
    /plex
    /sonarr
    /radarr
    /jackett
    /transmission
data
    # location for the actual media. moved here by sonarr and consumed by plex
    /media
        /tv
        /movies

    # location for download client. this must be also visible to sonarr, 
    # as it picks up the files from there and moves them to the media folder
    /torrents

Create the folder structure in the same directory as the docker-compose file

mkdir -p configs/{plex,sonarr,radarr,jackett,transmission,ombi} data/{media/{tv,movies},torrents/{complete,incomplete}}

Configuration

Create .env file in the same directory as docker-compose file with the following structure

OPENVPN_PROVIDER=...
OPENVPN_CONFIG=...
OPENVPN_USERNAME=...
OPENVPN_PASSWORD=...

DATA_PATH=/path/to/data/folder
CONFIG_PATH=/path/to/config/folder

Only include OpenVPN settings when using a vpn via transmission-openvpn image.

Running it

With docker-compose installing it is as simple as calling

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yaml -f docker-compose.transmission.yml up -d

To include Ombi, instead call

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.transmission.yml -f docker-compose.ombi.yml up -d

To use OpenVPN instead use the following command

docker-compose -f docker-compose.yml -f docker-compose.transmission-openvpn.yml -f docker-compose.ombi.yml up -d

Setup

With all containers running there is some more configuration tasks to do. Starting bottom up:

1. Navigate to the Jackett web interface (port: 9117).

   • Search and add your favourite indexers to your indexer list.

2. Navigate to the Sonarr (port: 8989) and/or Radarr (port: 7878) web interface.

   • Go to the Settings page.
   • Configure your indexers to point to the Jackett indexer urls.
   • Setup the download client.
     • Add transmission and set Category tv (sonarr) or movies (radarr).
     • Add Remote Path Mapping
       • Host: transmission url
       • Remote Path: /downloads (/data/completed/ with transmission-openvpn image)
       • Local Path: /data/torrents/ (/data/torrents/complete/ with transmission-openvpn image)
   • Add default paths (Add new series/movie > Search > Add different path)
     • Sonarr: /data/media/tv
     • Radarr: /data/media/movies

3. Navigate to the Plex web interface (port: 32400).

   • Setup your libraries, pointing them to the ones configured in the docker-compose.

4. If Ombi is included, navigate to the Ombi web interface (port: 3579).

   • Go to the Settings page.
   • Configure Plex (Media Server > Plex).
   • Configure Sonarr (TV > Sonarr).
   • Configure Radarr (Movies > Radarr).

5. Enjoy!