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 — 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 AppJail Bastille

Compose CLI 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"
    # always (not unless-stopped) so FreeBSD's podman rc.d auto-starts it at boot
    restart: always

Save as compose.yaml, then run podman-compose up -d.

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

Save as run.sh, then run sh run.sh.

- 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"

Save as sonarr-deploy.yaml, then run ansible-playbook sonarr-deploy.yaml.

Warning

Exposing ports in AppJail means that your service can be reached from remote hosts. If that is not your intention, do not expose the ports and communicate with the service using the jail's IPv4 address or hostname assigned by the virtual network.

Director CLI

# .env

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

# appjail-director.yml

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  sonarr:
    name: sonarr
    options:
      - container: 'args:--pull'
      - expose: '8989:8989 proto:tcp'
      - template: !ENV '${PWD}/template.conf'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${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 container=boot
OPTION overwrite=force
OPTION from=ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:${tag}

# template.conf

exec.start: "/bin/sh /etc/rc"
exec.stop: "/bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown jail"
mount.devfs
persist
allow.mlock

Save the files above, then run appjail-director up.

appjail oci run -Pd \
  -o overwrite=force \
  -o container="args:--pull" \
  -o virtualnet=":<random> default" \
  -o nat \
  -o template=template.conf \
  -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

template.conf:

# template.conf

exec.start: "/bin/sh /etc/rc"
exec.stop: "/bin/sh /etc/rc.shutdown jail"
mount.devfs
persist
allow.mlock

Save the files above, then run sh run.sh.

Experimental

Bastille's OCI support is experimental. It requires buildah and shares the host network stack (inherit). Mount volumes with --volume HOST JAIL; without it, image-declared volumes are stored under ${bastille_volumesdir}/${jail}.

Compose CLI

services:
  sonarr:
    name: sonarr
    image: "ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest"
    network:
      - mode: host
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/sonarr:/config"
      - "/path/to/tv:/tv"
      - "/path/to/downloads:/downloads"

Save as bastille-compose.yml, then run bastille up.

bastille create -O \
  --env PUID=1000 \
  --env PGID=1000 \
  --env TZ=UTC \
  --volume /path/to/containers/sonarr /config \
  --volume /path/to/tv /tv \
  --volume /path/to/downloads /downloads \
  sonarr ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest inherit

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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