Sonarr

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

Port	8989
Registry	ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr
Source	https://github.com/Sonarr/Sonarr
Website	https://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.

Prerequisites

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

Deployment

Podman Compose

services:
  sonarr:
    image: ghcr.io/daemonless/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=UTC
    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

AppJail Director

.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'
    oci:
      user: root
      environment:
        - PUID: !ENV '${PUID}'
        - PGID: !ENV '${PGID}'
        - TZ: !ENV '${TZ}'
    volumes:
      - sonarr: /config
      - tv: /tv
      - downloads: /downloads
volumes:
  sonarr:
    device: '/path/to/containers/sonarr'
  tv:
    device: 'tv'
  downloads:
    device: 'downloads'

Makejail:

ARG tag=latest

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

Podman CLI

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

Ansible

- 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

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

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

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