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.

Requires ocijail with annotation support (≥ 0.6.0)

This image needs the jail permission allow.mlock, applied via OCI annotations. FreeBSD quarterly ships ocijail 0.4.0, which has no annotation support — the container starts but the permission is silently dropped, so the app can crash or misbehave. Point your pkg repos at the latest branch (ocijail ≥ 0.6.0) and run with the annotation flag shown below. See the ocijail guide.


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 — recommended.
`develop` / `nightly`	Develop branch — Sonarr's pre-release channel, also published as `develop`. Sonarr has no separate nightly branch, so `nightly` and `develop` are the same build. One-way DB migrations; back up /config before switching back to release.	Alternative build.
`pkg`	FreeBSD Quarterly. Uses stable, tested packages.	Production stability.
`pkg-latest`	FreeBSD Latest. Rolling package updates.	Staying current.

Before deploying, ensure your host environment is ready. See the Quick Start Guide for host setup instructions, including the security model for host vs. container privileges.

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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