Sonarr

Description / name	Input element
Container Registry
Container Configuration Root Path
Global /downloads Path
Global /tv Path
Timezone
User ID
Group ID
Sonarr Host Port
Sonarr /config Path

Automated TV series collection manager that monitors, grabs, and manages your TV library via Usenet and BitTorrent.


Port	`8989`
Registry	`ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr`
Daemonless	daemonless/sonarr
Source	Sonarr/Sonarr
Website	sonarr.tv

Version Tags

Tag	Description	Best For
`latest`	Upstream Binary. Built from official release.	Most users. Matches Linux Docker behavior.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Newest FreeBSD packages.

Root Privileges Required

Podman on FreeBSD currently requires root. All commands must be run as root (or via doas/sudo).

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions.

Deployment

Podman Compose AppJail Director Podman CLI AppJail Ansible

services:
  sonarr:
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest"
    container_name: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000  # User ID for the application process
      - PGID=1000  # Group ID for the application process
      - TZ=UTC  # Timezone for the container
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/sonarr:/config"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv" # optional
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads" # optional
    ports:
      - "8989:8989"
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

# .env

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=sonarr
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  sonarr:
    name: sonarr
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
      - expose: '8989:8989 proto:tcp' \
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - SONARR_CONFIG_PATH: /config
      - TV_PATH: /tv
      - DOWNLOADS_PATH: /downloads
volumes:
  SONARR_CONFIG_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/containers/sonarr'
  TV_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/tv'
  DOWNLOADS_PATH:
    device: '/path/to/downloads'

# Makejail 

ARG tag=latest

OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:${tag}
SET allow.mlock=1

podman run -d --name sonarr \
  -p 8989:8989 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/sonarr:/config \
  -v /path/to/tv:/tv # optional \
  -v /path/to/downloads:/downloads # optional \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o expose="8989:8989 proto:tcp" \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -o fstab="/path/to/containers/sonarr /config <pseudofs>" \
  -o fstab="/path/to/tv /tv <pseudofs>" \ # optional
  -o fstab="/path/to/downloads /downloads <pseudofs>" \ # optional
  ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest sonarr

- name: Deploy sonarr
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: sonarr
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest"
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "8989:8989"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/sonarr:/config"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv" # optional
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads" # optional
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"

Access at: http://localhost:8989

Interactive Configuration

Parameters

Environment Variables

Variable	Default	Description
`PUID`	`1000`	User ID for the application process
`PGID`	`1000`	Group ID for the application process
`TZ`	`UTC`	Timezone for the container

Volumes

Path	Description
`/config`	Configuration directory
`/tv`	TV Series library (Optional)
`/downloads`	Download directory (Optional)

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
`8989`	TCP	Web UI

Implementation Details

Architectures: amd64
User: bsd (UID/GID set via PUID/PGID). Defaults to 1000:1000.
Base: Built on ghcr.io/daemonless/base (FreeBSD 15.1).
mlock: Requires --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' (ocijail 0.5.0+)

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