Prowlarr

Indexer manager and proxy for Sonarr, Radarr, and other *arr applications — centralizes indexer configuration across your media stack.

Port	9696
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/prowlarr
Source	https://github.com/Prowlarr/Prowlarr
Website	https://prowlarr.com/

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.

Prerequisites

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

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  prowlarr:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/prowlarr:latest
    container_name: prowlarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/prowlarr:/config"
    ports:
      - 9696:9696
    annotations:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"
    restart: unless-stopped

AppJail Director

.env:

DIRECTOR_PROJECT=prowlarr
PUID=1000
PGID=1000
TZ=UTC

appjail-director.yml:

options:
  - virtualnet: ':<random> default'
  - nat:
services:
  prowlarr:
    name: prowlarr
    options:
      - container: 'boot args:--pull'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - prowlarr: /config
volumes:
  prowlarr:
    device: '/path/to/containers/prowlarr'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

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

Podman CLI

podman run -d --name prowlarr \
  -p 9696:9696 \
  --annotation 'org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock=true' \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e TZ=UTC \
  -v /path/to/containers/prowlarr:/config \
  ghcr.io/daemonless/prowlarr:latest

Ansible

- name: Deploy prowlarr
  containers.podman.podman_container:
    name: prowlarr
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/prowlarr:latest
    state: started
    restart_policy: always
    env:
      PUID: "1000"
      PGID: "1000"
      TZ: "UTC"
    ports:
      - "9696:9696"
    volumes:
      - "/path/to/containers/prowlarr:/config"
    annotation:
      org.freebsd.jail.allow.mlock: "true"

Access at: http://localhost:9696

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

Ports

Port	Protocol	Description
9696	TCP	Web UI

Architectures: amd64 User: bsd (UID/GID via PUID/PGID, defaults to 1000:1000) Base: FreeBSD 15.0

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