Self-host Sonarr

A TV series library manager that monitors RSS feeds for new episodes, sends them to a Usenet or BitTorrent download client, then renames and files them into your library. It connects to media servers such as Plex, Jellyfin and Emby.

Key facts

What you need

• Any VPS with at least 512 MB of RAM
• A domain you control — most self-hosted setups need HTTPS in front of them
• Under an hour if you've used Docker before

Install

Run these commands on your server:

copy# Sonarr (linuxserver image)
docker run -d --name sonarr \
  -e PUID=1000 -e PGID=1000 -e TZ=Etc/UTC \
  -p 8989:8989 -v ./sonarr/config:/config \
  -v /srv/media/tv:/tv -v /srv/downloads:/downloads \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
# open http://SERVER_IP:8989

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