How to Setup Sonarr

Overview

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.

Important Docker Files

.env file

.env

NAME=sonarr
ID=
TZ=America/New_York
DOMAIN=
DOWNLOADS=
TV_MOUNT=
APPDATA=
PORT=8989

docker-compose.yml file

docker-compose.yml

services:
  sonarr:
    container_name: ${NAME}
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:develop
    restart: unless-stopped
    environment:
      PUID: ${ID}
      PGID: ${ID}
      TZ: ${TZ}
    volumes:
      - ${APPDATA}/${NAME}/config:/config
      - ${TV_MOUNT}:/tv
      - ${DOWNLOADS}/${NAME}:/downloads
    networks:
      - main
    labels:
      swag: enable
      swag_address: ${NAME}
      swag_port: ${PORT}
      swag_proto: http
      swag_url: ${NAME}.${DOMAIN}
      swag_auth: authelia
      swag_auth_bypass: /api
      com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable: true
networks:
  main:
    external: true

Start the Container

Start the Container

docker compose up -d

Changelog

2025-03-08

• Added NFS Mounts to the docker-compose.yml file.
• Updated Variables and added them to .env-sample file.
• Updated Network to follow new schema.
• Removed DNS from docker-compose file, as it is no longer needed.
  • Previously fixed a DNS issue on some servers by using tailscale up --accept-dns=false to avoid overwriting the server’s DNS settings.