Configuration

Environment Variables

cp .env.example .env

then fill the .env file with your variables:

USER_ID: ID of the user to use in Docker containers, defaults to 1000
GROUP_ID: ID of the user group to use in Docker containers, defaults to 1000
TIMEZONE: for the containers, defaults to America/New_York
DATA_ROOT: host location of the data files, defaults to /mnt/data
DOWNLOAD_ROOT: host download location for qBittorrent, should be a subfolder of DATA_ROOT, defaults to /mnt/data/torrents
PIA_LOCATION: servers to use for PIA, defaults to ca, ie Montreal, Canada with port forwarding support
PIA_USER: PIA username
PIA_PASS: PIA password
PIA_LOCAL_NETWORK: PIA local network

PIA Wireguard VPN

I chose PIA since it supports Wireguard and port forwarding, but you could use other providers:

OpenVPN: linuxserver/openvpn-as
Wireguard: linuxserver/wireguard
NordVPN + OpenVPN: bubuntux/nordvpn
NordVPN + Wireguard (NordLynx): bubuntux/nordlynx

For PIA + Wireguard, fill .env and fill it with your PIA credentials.

The location of the server it will connect to is set by LOC=ca, defaulting to Montreal - Canada.

Sonarr & Radarr

File Structure

Sonarr and Radarr must be configured to support hardlinks, to allow instant moves and prevent using twice the storage (Bittorrent downloads and final file). The trick is to use a single volume shared by the Bittorrent client and the *arrs. Subfolders are used to separate the TV shows from the movies.

The configuration is well explained by this guide.

In summary, the final structure of the shared volume will be as follows:

data
├── torrents = shared folder qBittorrent downloads
│  ├── movies = movies downloads tagged by Radarr
│  └── tv = movies downloads tagged by Sonarr
└── media = shared folder for Sonarr and Radarr files
   ├── movies = Radarr
   └── tv = Sonarr

Go to Settings > Management. In Sonarr, set the Root folder to /data/media/tv. In Radar, set the Root folder to /data/media/movies.

Download Client

Then qBittorrent can be configured at Settings > Download Clients. Because all the networking for qBittorrent takes place in the VPN container, the hostname for qBittorrent is the hostname of the VPN container, ie vpn, and the port is 8080:

Prowlarr

The indexers are configured through Prowlarr. They synchronize automatically to Radarr and Sonarr.

Radarr and Sonarr may then be added via Settongs > Apps. The Prowlarr server is http://prowlarr:9696/prowlarr, the Radarr server is http://radarr:7878/radarr and Sonarr http://sonarr:8989/sonarr:

Their API keys can be found in Settings > Security > API Key.

qBittorrent

Set the default save path to /data/torrents in Settings:

Restrict the network interface to Wireguard:

The web UI login page can be disabled on for the local network in Settings > Web UI > Bypass authentication for clients

192.168.0.0/16
127.0.0.0/8
172.17.0.0/16

Heimdall

Applications can be added in Items > Add. The URLs should be the static IP, ie: http://192.168.0.10/ for Sonarr for example.

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