What is it?

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.

Details
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URL

• To access Sonarr, visit https://sonarr._yourdomain.com_

Settings

Click on "Settings" in the sidebar. Click "Show Advanced" at the top of the Settings pane.

Make changes in the following sections:

Settings

Media ManagementIndexersDownload ClientsConnectGeneral

These settings control management of media files.

Episode NamingFoldersImportingFile ManagementPermissionsSave

• "Rename Episodes": Yes

• "Replace Illegal Characters": Yes

• Set your preferred naming format; here are some examples:

  TRaSH' naming guide [Recommended]

  
  

  Go here for the latest updates. These examples may be out of date.

  Example:
  

  Single Episode:
  
  The Series Title! (2010) - S01E01 - Episode Title 1 [AMZN WEBDL-1080p Proper][HDR][10bit][x264][DTS 5.1]-RlsGrp
  
  Multi Episode:
  
  The Series Title! (2010) - S01E01-E02-E03 - Episode Title [AMZN WEBDL-1080p Proper][HDR][10bit][x264][DTS 5.1]-RlsGrp
  

  Standard Episode Format:
  

  {Series TitleYear} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode CleanTitle} [{Preferred Words }{Quality Full}]{[MediaInfo VideoDynamicRange]}[{MediaInfo VideoBitDepth}bit]{[MediaInfo VideoCodec]}{[Mediainfo AudioCodec}{ Mediainfo AudioChannels]}{MediaInfo AudioLanguages}{-Release Group}
  

  for more examples and discussion see the reference: https://trash-guides.info/Sonarr/Sonarr-recommended-naming-scheme/

  The TRaSH naming guide is recommended since some other tools, notably Plex Meta Manager, expect it in their default setup.

  Plex's Naming Preference

  Example:
  

  /Gotham/Season 01/Gotham - s01e01 - Pilot.mkv
  

  Standard Episode Format:
  

  {Series Title} - s{season:00}e{episode:00} - {Episode Title}
  

  Anime Episode Format:
  

  {Series Title} - s{season:00}e{episode:00} - {Episode Title}
  

  Daily Episode Format:
  

  {Series Title} - {Air-Date} - {Episode Title}
  

  Season Folder Format:
  

  Season {season:00}
  

  Multi-Episode Style:
  

  Prefixed Range
  

  Reference: https://support.plex.tv/articles/200220687-naming-series-season-based-tv-shows/
  

• "Create empty series folders": No

• "Delete empty folders": No

• "Skip Free Space Check": No

• "Use Hardlinks instead of Copy": Yes

• "Import Extra Files": Yes (can be your preference)

• "Extra File Extensions": srt, sub, idx

• "Ignore Deleted Episodes": No (can be your preference)

• "Download Propers": No (can be your preference)

• "Analyse video files": No

• "Change File Date": None

• "Recycle Bin": blank (Rclone deletes are sent to Gdrive trash folder, anyway)

• Set Permissions: No

• Click "Save".

These settings control indexers and related behavior.

NZBHydra2Jackett

1. Click Add Indexer (+).

2. Select "Newznab".

3. Add the following:

   Name: NZBHydra2

   Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

   Enable Search: Your Preference

   URL: http://nzbhydra2:5076

   API Key: Your NZBHydra2 API Key

   Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

4. Your settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add NZBHydra2.

Note: The "Test" will keep failing until you add an indexer in NZBHydra2.

Note: Each Indexer you have defined in Jackett will need to be added separately.

1. Click Add Indexer (+)

2. Select "Torznab".

3. Add the following:

   Name: Indexer Name

   Enable RSS Sync: Your Preference

   Enable Search: Your Preference

   URL: Indexer's Torznab Feed

   API Key: Your Jackett API Key

   Additional Parameters: Leave Blank

4. Your settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add the indexer.

These settings control downloading behavior and clients.

Completed Download HandlingFailed Download HandlingNZBGetSABNzbdruTorrentqBittorrent

• "Enable": Yes

• "Remove": Yes (can be your preference)

• "Redownload": Yes

• "Remove": Yes

1. Click Add (+)

2. Add a new "NZBGet" download client.

3. Add the following:

   Name: NZBGet

   Enable: Yes

   Host: nzbget

   Port: 6789

   Username: Your NZBGet Username

   Password: Your NZBGet Password

   Category: sonarr

   Use SSL: No

   Add Paused: No

4. Your settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add NZBGet.

1. Click Add (+)

2. Add a new "SABNzbd" download client.

3. Add the following:

   Name: SABNzbd

   Enable: Yes

   Host: sabnzbd

   Port: 8080

   For authentication, you can use either an API key or a username/password.

   API KeyUsername/password

   API Key: Your SABNzbd API Key

   Username: Your SABNzbd Username

   Password: Your SABNzbd Password

   Category: sonarr

   Use SSL: No

   Add Paused: No

4. Your settings will look like this:

   Either API Key OR Username/Password should be filled in, not both

   

5. Click "Save" to add SABNzbd.

1. Click Add (+)

2. Add a new "rTorrent" download client.

3. Add the following:

   Name: ruTorrent

   Enable: Yes

   Host: rutorrent

   Port: 80

   URL Path: RPC2

   Use SSL: No

   Username: Your ruTorrent Username

   Password: Your ruTorrent Password

   Category: sonarr

   Directory: Leave Blank

4. Your settings will now look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add ruTorrent.

1. Click Add ('+')

2. Add a new "qBittorrent" download client.

3. Add the following:

   Name: qBittorrent

   Enable: 'Yes'

   Host: 'qBittorrent'

   Port: '8080'

   Username: Your qBittorrent Username

   Password: Your qBittorrent Password

   Category: 'sonarr'

4. Your settings will now look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add qBittorrent

These settings control connections to other applications or systems.

Torrent CleanupAutoscan

Torrent Cleanup Script is a custom script that will cleanup torrents from ruTorrent that were auto-extracted, but still being seeded. So if the script detects that .rar files are in the folder that Sonarr just imported from, it will delete the imported video file(s), leaving just the .rar files for seeding.

1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

2. Add a new "Custom Script".

3. Add the following:

   Name: Torrent Cleanup

   On Grab: No

   On Download: Yes

   On Upgrade: Yes

   On Rename:No

   Path: /scripts/torrents/TorrentCleanup.py

4. The settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add the Torrent Cleanup script.

1. Click "Settings" -> "Connect".

2. Add a new "Webhook".

3. Add the following:

   Name: Autoscan

   On Grab: No

   On Import: Yes

   On Upgrade: Yes

   On Rename: Yes

   On Series Delete: Yes

   On Episode File Delete: Yes

   On Episode File Delete For Upgrade: Yes

   Tags: Leave Blank

   URL: http://autoscan:3030/triggers/sonarr

   Method:POST

   Username: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Username]

   Password: AS SET IN AUTOSCAN CONFIG [defaults to Saltbox Password]

4. The settings will look like this:

   

5. Click "Save" to add Autoscan.

These settings control general aspects of Sonarr.

Start-UpProxy SettingsLoggingAnalyticsUpdatesSave

• "Bind Address: *

• "Port Number": 8989

• "URL Base": blank

• "Enable SSL": No (SSL is handled by Traefik)

• "Use Proxy": No

• "Log Level": Debug

• "Enable": No (your preference)

These settings may be grayed out or unavailable; skip this if that's the case.

• "Branch": main

• "Automatic": Off

• Click "Save".

TV Path

1. When you are ready to add your first show to Sonarr, click the "Root Path" drop-down and select "Add a different path".

2. Click the blue "Browse" button, navigate to /mnt/unionfs/Media/TV, scroll to the bottom, and select "OK".

3. Click the green "check" button to add the path.

4. All TV shows added now will have that path set.

API Key

This is used during the setup of Overseer and Organizr.

• Go to "Settings" -> "General" -> "Security" -> "API Key".

Guides

TraSH Guides

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