Setup a media stack

This guide shows how to set up a media stack using Plex or Jellyfin and the Servarr stack. Everything is installed in Docker containers in Ubuntu Server. For more info on how to set up Ubuntu and Docker check Ubuntu server setup and Setup Docker.

This guides assumes you named your host server homeserver and it has the following folder structure:

~/
|-- data/
|   |-- downloads/
|   |-- movies/
|   |-- shows/
|-- plex/
|   |-- library/
|   |-- docker-compose.yml
|-- transcode/
|   |-- temp/

You can start by creating these folders:

cd ~
mkdir - p data/downloads
mkdir - p data/movies
mkdir - p data/shows

Make sure the folders have the needed permissions and ownership by running:

sudo chown -R $USER:$USER data
sudo chmod -R 775 data

Media server

Plex

_{^{Reference: Docker Hub - Plex}}

Plex is a media server software. We install the Plex server in our Ubuntu server and can stream our media to the Plex clients that can be installed in yor Android phone, your SmartTV, etc.

We can start by adding a few more folder for Plex.

~/
|-- data/
|-- plex/
|   |-- library/
|   |-- docker-compose.yml
|-- transcode/
|   |-- temp/

cd plex
nano docker-compose.yml

services:
  plex:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/plex:latest
    container_name: plex
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - VERSION=docker
    #   - PLEX_CLAIM=  # optional, get from https://account.plex.tv/claim
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/plex/library:/config'
      - '/home/${USER}/data/shows:/tv'
      - '/home/${USER}/data/movies:/movies'
      - '/home/${USER}/transcode/temp>:/transcode'
    restart: unless-stopped

Then while in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml run:

docker compose up -d

Plex will be available at http://homeserver:32400/web.

Jellyfin

_{^{Reference: Jellyfin Container Installation}}

An open-source alternative to Plex is Jellyfin.

Create persistent storage for configuration and cache data. Create two directories on the host and use bind mounts:

cd ~
mkdir -p jellyfin/config
mkdir -p jellyfin/cache
mkdir data

Create a docker-compose.yml file with the following contents.

cd jellyfin
nano docker-compose.yml

services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin
    container_name: jellyfin
    network_mode: 'host'
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/jellyfin/config:/config'
      - '/home/${USER}/jellyfin/cache:/cache'
      - '/home/${USER}/data/:/cache'
      - type: bind
        source: '/home/${USER}/data'
        target: /data
    restart: 'unless-stopped'

Then while in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml run:

docker compose up -d

Jellyfin will be available at http://homeserver:8096.

Servarr stack

Radarr

Radarr is a movie collection manager.

Create a docker-compose.yml file with the following contents.

cd radarr
nano docker-compose.yml

services:
  radarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest
    container_name: radarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/radarr/data:/config'
      - '/home/${USER}/media/movies:/movies' # optional
      - '/home/${USER}/media/downloads:/downloads' # optional
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    restart: unless-stopped

Then while in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml run:

docker compose up -d

Radarr will be available at http://homeserver:7878.

Prowlarr

services:
  prowlarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr:latest
    container_name: prowlarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/prowlarr/data:/config'
    ports:
      - 9696:9696
    restart: unless-stopped

Sonarr

services:
  sonarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/sonarr/data:/config'
      - '/home/${USER}/media/shows:/tv' # optional
      - '/home/${USER}/media/downloads:/downloads' # optional
    ports:
      - 8989:8989
    restart: unless-stopped

Bazarr

Bazarr is a companion application to Sonarr and Radarr to manage and download subtitles.

Create a docker-compose.yml file with the following contents.

cd bazarr
nano docker-compose.yml

services:
  bazarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bazarr:latest
    container_name: bazarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/bazarr/config:/config'
      - '/home/${USER}/media/movies:/movies' # optional
      - '/home/${USER}/media/shows:/tv' # optional
    ports:
      - 6767:6767
    restart: unless-stopped

Then while in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml run:

docker compose up -d

Bazarr will be available at http://homeserver:6767.

Overseerr

Overseerr is a request management and media discovery for Plex media server.

Create a docker-compose.yml file with the following contents.

cd overseerr
nano docker-compose.yml

services:
  overseerr:
    image: sctx/overseerr:latest
    container_name: overseerr
    environment:
      - LOG_LEVEL=debug
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - PORT=5055 #optional
    ports:
      - 5055:5055
    volumes:
      - '/home/${USER}/overseerr/config:/config'
    restart: unless-stopped

Then while in the same folder as the docker-compose.yml run:

docker compose up -d

Overseerr will be available at http://homeserver:5055.