Sonarr

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.

Initial Setup

First you must connect to your slot via ssh. If you need help connecting to the server, please read the help article here.

Installing Sonarr is easy. Simply issue the following command:

box install sonarr

This command will configure sonarr for your user.

How to Access

On initial launch it is critical that you use the same login credentials AND set authentication to "Forms based" logins when asked to setup credentials!

Once setup, sonarr will be available at the link https://<hostname.io>/sonarr

Service Management

Like all box configured applications, you can manage Sonarr via SSH with box with start, stop, restart, enable and disable commands.

Status

box status sonarr

Start

box start sonarr

Stop

box stop sonarr

Restart

box restart sonarr

Enable

box enable sonarr

Disable

box disable sonarr

Configuration

Out of the box, Sonarr comes with very little configuration. Following are some basic tasks to help get your client up and running:

Add a new show (and your first root directory)

1. At the top, click series.
2. Click the button + Add Series
3. Type the name of the show you want to add
4. Under Path, choose Add a new path. Enter the path for the folder you wish to add your Sonarr shows to and click the green checkmark to add the directory.

• e.g. "/home/<username>/media/TV Shows"

5. Change the other settings to your own needs
6. Click the green + to add the show.

Connect download clients

To add a download client, go to Settings > Download Client. Make sure Advanced Settings are shown and click Add Client.

ruTorrent

Name: rTorrent
rTorrent host: 127.0.0.1
Port: 443
URL Path: /rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
Use SSL: ON
Username: <your username>
Password: <your password>
Add label to torrent: TV (or anything else you desire)
Optional - Downloaded files location: <custom directory>
NOTE: If you have errors adding rTorrent to Sonarr, please try going to Settings > General and disable certificate validation for localhost addresses

Deluge

Name: Deluge
Host: 127.0.0.1
Post: <deluge web port> (cat ~/.config/deluge/web.conf | grep port)
Deluge Password: <your password>
Add label to torrent: TV (or anything else you desire)
* label plugin must be enabled in Deluge if you add a label
SSL: OFF

qBittorrent

Name: qBittorrent
Host: <subnet ip> (In older cases: 127.0.0.1 - you can get your subnet IP by SSH'ing into your server and running `cat .install/subnet.lock`)
Post: <qbittorrent web port>
Username: <your username>
Password: <your password>
Category: TV (or anything else you desire)
SSL: OFF

NZBGet

Name: NZBget
NZBget host: 127.0.0.1
port: 443
URL Base: nzbget
Connect using HTTPS: ON
nzbget username: <your username>
nzbget Password: <your password>
Add label to torrent: Series (or anything else you desire)
* label must exist under Categories in nzbGet

SABnzbd

Name: SABnzbd
SABnzbd host: 127.0.0.1
port: 443
Use SSL: ON
URL Base: /<yourusername>/sabnzbd
API Key: <yourapikey>
Add label to torrent: Series (or anything else you desire)
* label must exist under Categories in SABnzbd

Since Sonarr v3, you will now need to disable certificate validation for localhost domains as well if you are connecting to port 443. You can find this setting in Settings > General.

Add an indexer with Jackett

Sonarr only supports a few trackers out of the box, but the indexers can be expanded by using the application Jackett. To add an indexer with Jackett, use the following steps.

note

By default, when receivng the torznab feed from Jackett, it will need to be modified to be connected with the application. The default link looks like:

https://app02.hostingby.design/jackett/api/v2.0/indexers/yourtracker/results/torznab/

We need to edit this link to remove https and add the port number. Thus, if your port number was 12345, your editted URL would look like this:

http://app02.hostingby.design:12345/jackett/api/v2.0/indexers/yourtracker/results/torznab/

1. Go to Settings > Indexers and click + to add a new indexer.
2. Under Torrent choose Torznab
3. Use the settings:

Name: <tracker name>
URL: <click copy torznab feed in jackett and modify as per above>
API: <copy and paste from jackett UI>

4. Click Test. If all is good, click Save.

Sonarr not working after update

In some cases when Sonarr is updated through the WebUI, you may encounter an issue where Sonarr is not starting correctly. Thankfully there is an easy fix:

1. Make sure you have a red dot next to Sonarr in the Swizzin WebUI.
2. Login via SSH and navigate cd ~/.config/Sonarr/ and copy the sonarr.db with cp sonarr.db ~/
3. Go back into your home dir with cd ~/ and then run box remove sonarr and then box install sonarr
4. After Sonarr is installed, go into the Swizzin WebUI and turn off Sonarr with the Enabled switch, wait around 10-20 seconds for the Sonarr instance to be completely turned off, noted by the Red Dot next to Sonarr.
5. Go back into the Sonarr config folder with cd ~/.config/Sonarr and remove the sonarr.db, sonarr.db-shm, sonarr.db-wal and sonarr.pid files with rm sonarr.db, sonarr.db-shm, sonarr.db-wal and sonarr.pid. Now navigate back to your home dir with cd ~/ and copy over the backup of your .db file with cp sonarr.db ~/.config/Sonarr/
6. Now you are free to turn on Sonarr back from the switch in the Swizzin Panel.

Other tasks

You may wish to further alter your setup by setting quality profiles or setting up post-processing so that media is automatically transferred to your Sonarr library when your torrents are completed. If you need further help, you can refer to the Sonarr Wiki.