Media server setup

Composition of docker images consisting of Plex for video streaming, qBittorent as a BitTorrent client of choice, collection managers Sonarr for TV shows and Radarr for movies, Jackett as a proxy between Sonarr, Radarr and various torrent trackers and Bazarr for subtitles, all working together to make your home media center setup easier.

Tested on Ubuntu 21.10 for Raspberry Pi 4 Model B with external HDD.

Setup

1. create new directory in a desired location (the drive needs to have a lot of free space as your movies and TV shows collection will be saved there), e.g. mkdir /media/exdrive/media_server
2. copy docker-compose.yml file there, e.g. cp docker-compose.yml /media/exdrive/media_server
3. create new file .env in that directory and fill it using .env.sample as a template
4. update line cd /media/exdrive/media_server in media_server.sh file with your location, put it in /usr/bin and make it executable using sudo chmod +x /usr/bin/media_server.sh
5. put media_server.service file in /etc/systemd/system directory, update permissions using sudo chmod 644 /etc/systemd/system/media_server.service
6. check service status using systemctl status media_server, enable with systemctl enable media_server and reload systemd manager configuration with command systemctl daemon-reload
7. (optional) update crontab to restart media server every day at 4 AM to get docker image updates (sudo crontab -e and add the line 0 4 * * * sudo systemctl restart media_server)
8. start the service using systemctl start media_server
9. visit each service's web address to configure it

Web Addresses

All the services can be accessed using your IP address and their port. Ports can be configured in docker-compose.yml.

• Bazarr http://localhost:6767
• Jackett http://localhost:9117
• Plex http://localhost:32400
• qBittorrent http://localhost:8080 (username: admin, password: adminadmin)
• Radarr http://localhost:7878
• Sonarr http://localhost:8989