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Sonarr

Tv-Shows Automation Docker-Compose Self-Hosted Media-Library Media-Automation
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My Sonarr Setup
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This Sonarr setup runs in a Docker container and is used to manage TV series downloads. It includes configurations for environment variables, volume mounts, and networking.

Prepare the Downloads Folder
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sudo mkdir -p /home/server1/downloads
sudo chown -R 1000:1000 /home/server1/downloads

My Docker Compose Configuration
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services:
  sonarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/London
    volumes:
      - /home/server1/sonarr/config:/config
      - /home/server1/downloads:/downloads
      - /mnt/main_nas/tv_shows:/main_nas/tv # optional
      - /mnt/sean_nas/tv_shows:/sean_nas/tv # optional
    ports:
      - "8989:8989"
    restart: unless-stopped

Using Docker Secrets for Environment Variables
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You can set any environment variable from a file by using a special prepend FILE__.

For example:

FILE__MYVAR=/run/secrets/mysecretvariable