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The Complete Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab Media Automation Series
A series wrap-up linking the complete Plex, Seerr, Tracearr, Sonarr, Radarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, Tdarr, storage, GPU, reverse proxy, backup, and monitoring homelab guides. Rights and lawful use: Follow this series only for media you are permitted to obtain, organize, back up, transcode, and play. Request automation and indexer integration do not create permission to acquire, […]
How Seerr and Tracearr Fit Into a Plex, Arr, and Tdarr Homelab
A detailed architecture guide showing how Seerr request intake and Tracearr playback analytics complete a Plex, Radarr, Sonarr, Prowlarr, SABnzbd, and Tdarr homelab workflow.
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 […]
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 […]
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.
Sonarr Homelab Setup Guide: Install, Update, Optimize, and Connect to Tdarr
A detailed Sonarr homelab setup guide covering install choices, updates, paths, permissions, quality profiles, indexers, download clients, list behavior, Plex visibility, and Tdarr integration.
Prowlarr Setup Guide: Clean Indexer Management for Sonarr and Radarr
Run Prowlarr on a private management network with persistent configuration, add Sonarr and Radarr by their internal URLs, and sync one tested indexer before enabling broad automation. Let Prowlarr own synced indexer definitions; let Sonarr and Radarr own media decisions, quality rules, download clients, and imports. Rights and lawful use: Configure Prowlarr only for indexers, […]