Linux and Homelab
Seerr Setup Guide: Media Requests for Plex, Jellyfin, Emby, Sonarr, and Radarr
A practical Seerr setup guide for adding a private media request layer to Plex, Jellyfin, or Emby while handing approved movies and shows to Radarr and Sonarr safely.
Monitoring and Health Checks for a Plex and Arr Homelab
Monitor the outcomes that keep a media stack useful: mounted storage, free space, successful imports, playable files, healthy queues, available transcode resources, current certificates, and restorable backups. Start with one daily report and a few actionable alerts before building a large dashboard. Rights and lawful use: Monitor only systems and media workflows you administer, and […]
Backup and Disaster Recovery for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Tdarr, Prowlarr, and SABnzbd
A practical disaster recovery guide for backing up the important details of a Plex and Arr homelab without trying to duplicate the entire media library. Rights and lawful use: Back up Plex, Arr, SABnzbd, Prowlarr, and Tdarr configuration only for systems and media workflows you are authorized to operate. A recovery archive should preserve legitimate […]
Reverse Proxy for Media Apps: Nginx Proxy Manager, SSL, Access Lists, and Security
Keep Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, NAS administration, and the Nginx Proxy Manager dashboard private. Use LAN or VPN access by default. Add a reverse proxy only for a hostname that has a real remote-user requirement, and keep application authentication, patching, isolation, backups, and logging behind it. Rights and lawful use: This reverse-proxy workflow assumes […]
Plex + Tdarr GPU Strategy: Sharing NVIDIA GPUs Without Hurting Playback
A detailed guide to sharing NVIDIA GPUs between Plex and Tdarr with worker limits, peak-hour scheduling, driver verification, nvidia-patch checks, and safe transcode testing. Rights and lawful use: Use Plex and Tdarr GPU workflows only to stream or transform media you own, created, or are permitted to process. Hardware encoding, scheduled workers, and format conversion […]
Radarr Import Lists That Do Not Fill Your Library With Junk
Start every new Radarr import list with search on add disabled, a unique source tag, the intended root folder and quality profile, and a manual review. Enable automatic search only after multiple syncs add the titles you actually intend to manage. That one staged workflow prevents most noisy-list failures. Rights and lawful use: A Trakt, […]
Custom Formats and Quality Profiles Explained for Radarr and Sonarr
A practical explanation of Radarr and Sonarr quality profiles, custom formats, minimum scores, upgrade-until scores, HEVC preferences, language rules, and TRaSH Guides. Rights and lawful use: This profile and scoring workflow applies only to Radarr and Sonarr libraries you own or are authorized to manage. Custom formats, TRaSH-derived rules, and Recyclarr synchronization decide how eligible […]
SABnzbd Performance Tuning for a Homelab Media Server
A detailed SABnzbd tuning guide covering incomplete folders, local disk, connection counts, article cache, Direct Write, categories, priorities, API errors, and Sonarr/Radarr imports. Rights and lawful use: Use SABnzbd categories, providers, and automation only for downloads you are entitled to access and media you may lawfully keep. Faster connections, Direct Write, and automated Sonarr or […]
Radarr Homelab Setup Guide: Install, Update, Optimize, Lists, and Tdarr Integration
A detailed Radarr homelab setup guide covering install choices, updates, root folders, quality profiles, custom formats, import lists, download clients, Plex visibility, and Tdarr integration.
Complete Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr Setup for Beginners
A complete beginner-friendly Ubuntu and Docker Compose setup guide for Plex, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr with safe paths, permissions, API wiring, validation tests, backups, and next steps.