LinuxContainers Media Pods

Fork of the excellent work done by Damiantroy but using CoreOS URL: https://github.com/damiantroy/media-pod

This tutorial will show the technical instructions to install Plex, Overseerr, Sonarr, Radarr, qBittorrent, Prowlarr, and Gluetun.

The instructions were written for an Enterprise Linux 10 minimal install, and should work for CentOS Stream release 10, AlmaLinux 10, and Rocky Linux 10.

This setup will send qBittorrent and Prowler through the VPN using Gluetun, the rest of the traffic will go direct.

User Setup

sudo dnf install git podman
sudo useradd -G video media
sudo loginctl enable-linger media
sudo setsebool -P container_use_devices=true
sudo su - media
git clone https://github.com/damiantroy/media-pod.git
mkdir -p ~/.bashrc.d
echo "export XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=/run/user/$(id -u)" > ~/.bashrc.d/systemd
source ~/.bashrc.d/systemd

File Storage

We'll be using /srv for config, and /data for media files, so make sure you configure the appropriate partitions before this step.

sudo mkdir -p /srv/{prowlarr,qbittorrent,radarr,sabnzbd,sonarr,overseerr}
sudo mkdir -p /data/media/{Movies,TV,RealityTV,KidsMovies,KidsTV}
sudo mkdir -p /data/{usenet,torrents}/{movies,tv,incomplete}
sudo mkdir -p /var/lib/plex/Transcode
sudo chown media:media -R /data/{usenet,torrents,media} \
    /srv/{prowlarr,qbittorrent,radarr,sabnzbd,sonarr,overseerr} /var/lib/plex
sudo su - media
podman unshare chown -R media:media /data/{usenet,torrents,media} \
    /srv/{prowlarr,qbittorrent,radarr,sabnzbd,sonarr,overseerr} /var/lib/plex

Networking

echo ip_tables | sudo tee /etc/modules-load.d/ip_tables.conf
sudo systemctl restart systemd-modules-load
sudo firewall-cmd --add-masquerade --permanent
for SERVICE in prowlarr qbittorrent radarr sabnzbd sonarr overseerr; do
    sudo firewall-cmd --new-service-from-file ~media/media-pod/firewalld/${SERVICE}.xml --permanent
    sudo firewall-cmd --add-service $SERVICE --permanent
done
sudo firewall-cmd --add-service plex --permanent
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

Quickstart

sudo su - media
mkdir -p ~/.config/containers/systemd ~/.config/environment.d
cp ~/media-pod/systemd/* ~/.config/containers/systemd/
cp ~/media-pod/environment.d/* ~/.config/environment.d/
vi ~/.config/environment.d/media.conf
vi ~/.config/environment.d/gluetun.env
systemctl --user daemon-reload
systemctl --user start gluetun prowlarr qbittorrent sabnzbd radarr sonarr overseerr plex

Bookmarks

Replace 'localhost' with your server IP:

• Plex: http://localhost:32400/web/
• Overseerr: http://localhost:5055/
• Sonarr: http://localhost:8989/
• Radarr: http://localhost:7878/
• qBittorrent: http://localhost:8111/
• Prowlarr: http://localhost:9696/

Config

Global

Config: ~/.config/environment.d/media.conf

Gluetun

Gluetun config: ~/.config/environment.d/gluetun.env

Update the config file with your VPN details then start the service as the media user:

sudo su - media
vi ~/.config/environment.d/gluetun.env
systemctl --user start gluetun

qBittorrent

systemctl --user start qbittorrent
podman logs qbittorrent 2>&1 |grep 'temporary password'

URL: http://localhost:8111/ (Replace localhost if needed) Username: admin Password: (from the podman logs command above)

Config:

• Downloads:
  • Default Save Path: /data/torrents
  • Keep incomplete torrents in: /data/torrents/incomplete
• Connection:
  • Port used for incoming connections: 6881
• WebUI:
  • Username
  • Password
  • Bypass authentication for clients in whitelisted IP subnets: 10.0.0.0/8, 192.168.0.0/16

Radarr

systemctl --user start radarr

URL: http://localhost:7878/ (Replace localhost if needed)

Config:

• Settings > Download Clients
  • Add SABnzbd and qBittorrent
  • Change Host to server IP address
  • Change Category to 'movies'
  • qBittorrent
    • Change Port to 8111

Sonarr

systemctl --user start sonarr

URL: http://localhost:8989/

Config:

• Settings > Download Clients
  • Add SABnzbd and qBittorrent
  • Change Host to server IP address
  • Change Category to 'tv'
  • qBittorrent
    • Change Port to 8111

Prowlarr

systemctl --user start prowlarr

URL: http://localhost:9696/

Config:

• Indexers:
  • Add your preferred NZB and torrent indexers
• Settings:
  • Apps and Download Clients:
    • Add Sonarr, Radarr, SABnzbd, qBittorrent
    • Use server IP, not localhost
    • Copy API Key from under Settings/General
    • qBittorrent: Change port to 8111

Overseerr

systemctl --user start overseerr

Plex

systemctl --user start prowlarr

URL: http://localhost:32400/web/

Config:

• Chose Add Library to add each of the folders under /data/media