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https://github.com/juftin/media-center

Multi-Container Home Media Center Application
https://github.com/juftin/media-center

docker docker-compose plex-media-server radarr sonarr

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Multi-Container Home Media Center Application

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  media-center




Media and home server stack.  It's a docker-compose project built

around Plex, including schedulers/orchestrators for TV / Movie downloads, 

an always behind VPN torrenting webserver, and a site for users to request new downloads. 

SSL and a GoogleOAuth whitelist are built in as well.



### ❗️ Important Notice ❗



This docker-compose application stack is dependent on a separate container 

stack consisting of Traefik Reverse Proxy, Dynamic DNS Syncing, and a 

Docker socket proxy.



##### [⭐ Traefik Configuration ⭐](https://github.com/juftin/traefik/blob/master/README.md)



Separately, this repository has a 

[standalone](https://github.com/juftin/media-center/tree/standalone) branch which has a self-contained

Traefik Reverse Proxy. Personally, I prefer to separate my reverse proxy from other ap️plications to 

reduce dependencies and to allow new apps and endpoints to be spun up and torn down. This 

standalone branch is mostly un-maintained so make sure to carefully review any differences from master.



### Application Setup + Container Info



Most application set up and configuration is straightforward. 

Please review the information of the various containers and applications. 

Helpful descriptions, screenshots are available to assist in initial configuration.

Important links to the source code, documentation,

and more are available for review as well. 



# Containers



-   [plex](#plex)

-   [sonarr](#sonarr)

-   [jackett](#jackett)

-   [radarr](#radarr)

-   [ombi](#ombi)

-   [heimdall](#heimdall)

-   [portainer](#portainer)

-   [tautulli](#tautulli)

-   [transmission](#transmission)

-   [watchtower](#watchtower)



## plex



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/plex/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-plex) \|\|

[Website](https://plex.tv) \|\|

[Documentation](https://support.plex.tv/articles/)



Plex Logo



Plex organizes video, music and photos from personal media libraries 

and streams them to smart TVs, streaming boxes and mobile devices. This 

container is packaged as a standalone Plex Media Server. Straightforward 

design and bulk actions mean getting things done faster.



#### Configuration:



Plex setup is fairly intuitive and straightforward. When setting up libraries you will

use the root directories, `/tv/` and `/movies/`



## sonarr



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/sonarr/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-sonarr) \|\|

[Documentation](https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr/wiki)



Sonarr Logo



Sonarr (formerly NZBdrone) 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.



#### Configuration:



For security, I like to set up a basic authorization form on the `General Settings` to

exclude non-admin users from accessing the application using the `ADMIN_USER` and 

`ADMIN_PASSWORD` variables.



##### Download Client Configuration:



sonarr_download_client_config



##### Indexer Client Configuration:



sonarr_indexer_config



## jackett



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/jackett/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-jackett) |\|

[Documentation](https://github.com/Jackett/Jackett/wiki)



Jackett Logo



Jackett works as a proxy server: it translates queries from apps 

(Sonarr, SickRage, CouchPotato, Mylar, etc) into tracker-site-specific 

http queries, parses the html response, then sends results back to the 

requesting software. This allows for getting recent uploads (like RSS) 

and performing searches. Jackett is a single repository of maintained 

indexer scraping & translation logic - removing the burden from other apps.



#### Configuration:



Jackett's configuration is fairly simple. The API Key is fisplayed in the 

top right of the page. To track a new indexer, click `+Add Indexer` and search for 

it by name. These entries will be added as TORZNAB feeds on applications like

Sonarr and Radarr.



jackett_add_indexer



#### Recommended Indexers:



- TV

    - The Pirate Bay

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 5000,5040,5050,100208,100205

    - 1337x

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/1337x/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 5000,5030,5040,5070,5080,100074,100006,100009,100004,100041,100071,100075,100007

    - RARBG

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 5030,5030,5040,5045,100018,100041,100049

    - kickasstorrents

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 5000,5070,5080,103583               



- Movies

    - The Pirate Bay

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 2000,2020,2040,2060,100207,100505,100201,100202,100501,100502

    - 1337x

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/1337x/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 2000,2010,2030,2040,2045,2060,2070,100066,100073,100002,100004,100001,100054,100042,100070,100055,100003,100076

    - RARBG

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 2000,2030,2040,2045,2050,2060,100046,100042,100049,100017,100044,100047,100050,100045,100054,100051,100014,100048,100052

    - kickasstorrents

        - Endpoint: http://jackett:9117/api/v2.0/indexers/thepiratebay/results/torznab/

        - Categories: 2000,112696,105134  

    

###### Notes:



> Jackett's default endpoint will be populated with your custom domain, it can be contacted

>internally at http://jackett:9117

>

> Make sure to pay close attention to the category codes relating to your particular download type.



## radarr



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/radarr/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-radarr) \|\|

[Documentation](https://github.com/Radarr/Radarr/wiki)



Radarr Logo



Radarr is an independent fork of Sonarr reworked for automatically 

downloading movies via Usenet and BitTorrent.



#### Configuration:



See the [jackett](#jackett) and [sonarr](#sonarr) sections for more detailed 

instructions around setting up Indexers and Download clients with radarr. For 

security, I like to set up a basic authorization form on the `General Settings` to

exclude non-admin users from accessing the application using the `ADMIN_USER` and 

`ADMIN_PASSWORD` variables.



## ombi



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/ombi/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-ombi) \|\|

[Website](https://ombi.io/) \|\|

[Documentation](https://github.com/tidusjar/Ombi/wiki)



ombi_logo



Ombi allows you to host your own Plex Request and user management system. 

If you are sharing your Plex server with other users, allow 

them to request new content using an easy to manage interface! 

Manage all your requests for Movies and TV with ease, leave notes 

for the user and get notification when a user requests something. 

Allow your users to post issues against their requests so you know there 

is a problem with the audio etc. Even automatically send them weekly newsletters 

of new content that has been added to your Plex server!



#### Configuration:



Ombi has a few different notification settings, personally I use its 

Pushover (push notifications) and email integrations to notify users. 

Please refer to the documentation link for further details.



##### Media Server (Plex) Config



ombi_plex_config



##### TV (Sonarr) Config



ombi_sonarr_config



##### Movies (Radarr) Config



ombi_radarr_config



## heimdall



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/heimdall/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-heimdall) \|\|

[Website](https://www.heimdall.site)



Heimdall Logo



Heimdall is a way to organise all those links to your most used web sites and 

web applications in a simple way. Simplicity is the key to Heimdall. 

Why not use it as your browser start page? It even has the ability to 

include a search bar using either Google, Bing or DuckDuckGo.



Heimdall



###### Notes:



> enter the full url path of the domain in new tabs 

> for a redirect. (ie. `https://app.example.com`)



## portainer



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/portainer/portainer/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/portainer/portainer) \|\|

[Website](https://www.portainer.io/) \|\|

[Documentation](https://portainer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/)



Portainer Logo



Portainer is a lightweight management UI which allows you to 

easily manage your different Docker environments (Docker hosts or Swarm clusters).

Portainer is meant to be as simple to deploy as it is to use. It consists of

a single container that can run on any Docker engine (can be deployed as

Linux container or a Windows native container, supports other platforms too). 

Portainer allows you to manage all your Docker resources (containers, images, volumes, 

networks and more) ! It is compatible with the standalone Docker engine and 

with Docker Swarm mode.



#### Configuration:



The administration password is set using the `ADMIN_HTPASSWD` on the [`.env` file](../example.env).

By default the username is `admin`. I prefer to create a new admin user using both `ADMIN_USER` and 

`ADMIN_PASSWORD` variables.



## tautulli



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/linuxserver/tautulli/) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/linuxserver/docker-tautulli) \|\|

[Website](https://tautulli.com/)



tautulli Logo



Tautulli is a 3rd party application that you can run alongside 

your Plex Media Server to monitor activity and track various statistics. 

Most importantly, these statistics include what has been watched, 

who watched it, when and where they watched it, and how it was watched. 

The only thing missing is "why they watched it", but who am I to question 

your 42 plays of Frozen. All statistics are presented in a nice and clean 

interface with many tables and graphs, which makes it easy to brag about 

your server to everyone else.



#### Configuration:



Tautulli configuration is simple, and automated upon first launch of the

application.



## transmission



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/haugene/transmission-openvpn) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/haugene/docker-transmission-openvpn)



traefik Logo



This container contains OpenVPN and Transmission with a configuration 

where Transmission is running only when OpenVPN has an active tunnel. 

It bundles configuration files for many popular VPN providers to 

make the setup easier.



###### Notes:



>Currently, transmission is avaiulable to any user whitelisted by Google OAuth. 

>There should be future work to add an extra layer of proection.  

>

>This container has a health check that pings google.com with data 

>to verify a stable connnection. Traefik takes roughly 

>5 minutes to recognize this container as healthy before making it available.

>

> As a sanity check I like to use the torrent magnet 

>IP tool at  to verfiy a stable VPN connection.



## watchtower



[Docker Hub](https://hub.docker.com/r/containrrr/watchtower) \|\|

[GitHub](https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower) \|\|

[Documentation](https://containrrr.dev/watchtower/)



traefik Logo



With watchtower you can update the running version of your containerized 

app simply by pushing a new image to the Docker Hub or your own image registry. 

Watchtower will pull down your new image, gracefully shut down your 

existing container and restart it with the same options that were used 

when it was deployed initially.



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### Special Thank You



This configuration was inspired by, and 

immensely helped by the article at 

[https://smarthomebeginner.com](https://www.smarthomebeginner.com/traefik-2-docker-tutorial). 



[Here](https://github.com/htpcBeginner/docker-traefik) 

is their massive home server setup on GitHub, and the accompanying 

[docker-compose](https://github.com/htpcBeginner/docker-traefik/blob/master/docker-compose-t2.yml) 

file.



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