Media Automation Stack

Complete media automation solution using Docker containers for downloading, organizing, and managing media content.

⚠️ Prerequisites

Docker Setup Required:

Before deploying this stack, ensure Docker is properly configured in your Proxmox environment:

This script will install Docker, Docker Compose, and Portainer for container management.

📋 Stack Overview

The media automation stack consists of:

  • Transmission: BitTorrent client for downloading

  • Prowlarr: Indexer manager and proxy

  • Radarr: Movie collection manager

  • Sonarr: TV series collection manager

  • Bazarr: Subtitle management

  • Jellyfin: Media server (optional)

📚 Service References

Radarr (Movie Management): - Docker Hub - LinuxServer Radarr - Guide to Radarr - Rapidseedbox

Transmission (Download Client): - Docker Hub - LinuxServer Transmission

Prowlarr (Indexer Manager): - Docker Hub - LinuxServer Prowlarr - Prowlarr GitHub Repository

Bazarr (Subtitle Management): - Bazarr Setup Guide - Official Wiki

🚀 Quick Deployment

Option 1: Via Portainer (Recommended)

  1. Access Portainer: - Navigate to http://proxmox-ip:9000 - Login with your Portainer credentials

  2. Deploy Stack: - Go to Stacks → Add stack - Name: media-automation - Copy the following Docker Compose configuration:

    media-automation-stack.yml
    version: '3.8'

services:
  transmission:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/transmission:latest
    container_name: transmission
    environment:
      - PUID=1002
      - PGID=1002
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
      - USER=<username>
      - PASS=<password>
      - TRANSMISSION_DOWNLOAD_DIR=/downloads/complete
      - TRANSMISSION_INCOMPLETE_DIR=/downloads/incomplete
      - TRANSMISSION_WATCH_DIR=/watch
    volumes:
      - /docker/transmission/data:/config
      - /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/Downloads:/downloads
      - /docker/transmission/watch:/watch
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413
      - 51413:51413/udp
    networks:
      - media-network
    restart: unless-stopped

  prowlarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/prowlarr:latest
    container_name: prowlarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1002
      - PGID=1002
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - /docker/prowlarr/config:/config
    ports:
      - 9696:9696
    networks:
      - media-network
    restart: unless-stopped

  radarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/radarr:latest
    container_name: radarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1002
      - PGID=1002
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/movies:/movies:rw
      - /docker/radarr/config:/config:rw
      # Shared downloads folder with Transmission
      - /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/Downloads:/downloads:rw
    ports:
      - 7878:7878
    networks:
      - media-network
    depends_on:
      - transmission
      - prowlarr
    healthcheck:
      test: curl -f http://localhost:7878/ || exit 1      
    restart: on-failure:5

  bazarr:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/bazarr:latest
    container_name: bazarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1002
      - PGID=1002
      - TZ=Europe/Lisbon
    volumes:
      - /docker/bazarr/config:/config
      # Shared movies folder with Radarr (now on NAS)
      - /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/movies:/movies:rw
    ports:
      - 6767:6767
    networks:
      - media-network
    depends_on:
      - radarr
    restart: unless-stopped

networks:
  media-network:
    driver: bridge

    • Click Deploy the stack

Option 2: Via Command Line

  1. Deploy Stack:

    cd /opt/docker/media-stack
docker-compose -f ../configs/docker-compose/media-automation-stack.yml up -d

  2. Verify Services:

    docker-compose ps

Access Web Interfaces:

  • Transmission: http://proxmox-ip:9091

  • Prowlarr: http://proxmox-ip:9696

  • Radarr: http://proxmox-ip:7878

  • Bazarr: http://proxmox-ip:6767

📁 Directory Structure

Required directories on Proxmox host:

# Create user for media services
adduser arr-stack --uid 1002 --disabled-password

# Docker configuration directories (on container filesystem)
mkdir -p /docker/{transmission/{data,watch},prowlarr/config,radarr/config,bazarr/config}

# Docker configuration directories (from host PROXMOX for LXC containers)
pct mount 23001
# mounted CT 23001 in '/var/lib/lxc/23001/rootfs'
chown -R 1002:1002 /var/lib/lxc/23001/rootfs/docker/
pct unmount 23001

# Media directories (on NAS via iSCSI mount)
mkdir -p /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/{movies,Downloads/{complete,incomplete}}

# Set permissions
chown -R 1002:1002 /docker/
chown -R 1002:1002 /mnt/nas-library/MULTIMEDIA/

⚙️ Configuration Steps

Step 1: Configure Prowlarr

  1. Access Prowlarr web interface

  2. Add Indexers: Settings → Indexers → Add Indexer - Public: 1337x, The Pirate Bay, RARBG - Private: Add your private tracker credentials

  3. Connect to Radarr: Settings → Apps → Add Application - Type: Radarr - Server: http://radarr:7878 - API Key: Copy from Radarr Settings → General

Step 2: Configure Radarr

  1. Download Client: Settings → Download Clients - Add Transmission: http://transmission:9091

  2. Media Management: Settings → Media Management - Root Folder: /movies - Enable movie renaming

  3. Quality Profiles: Configure preferred quality settings

Step 3: Configure Bazarr

  1. Languages: Settings → Languages - Add preferred subtitle languages

  2. Connect to Radarr: Settings → Radarr - Address: http://radarr:7878 - API Key: Same as Prowlarr configuration

  3. Providers: Settings → Providers - Enable OpenSubtitles, Subscene

🔄 Workflow Process

  1. Add Movie → Radarr web interface

  2. Search → Prowlarr provides indexer sources

  3. Download → Radarr sends to Transmission

  4. Process → Radarr moves completed files

  5. Subtitles → Bazarr downloads automatically

  6. Ready → Media available for consumption

🔧 Maintenance Tasks

Regular Maintenance

  • Weekly: Check download queue and failed downloads

  • Monthly: Update indexer configurations

  • Quarterly: Review quality profiles and storage usage

Troubleshooting

  • Check logs: docker-compose logs [service-name]

  • Restart services: docker-compose restart [service-name]

  • Update containers: docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d

📊 Monitoring

Key metrics to monitor:

  • Download speeds and queue status

  • Storage usage and available space

  • Service health and uptime

  • Failed downloads and errors

Configuration Files: