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A walkthrough of how I setup my Plex server.
Process of hosting and configuring Plex and arr stack services.
I created three folders, one for Plex docker configs, one for arr stack docker configs, and one for media. The docker folder is for holding configs, logs, backups, and database files for qBittorrent, gluetun, and the arr services. The Plex folder is for storing the plex media server docker compose. Lastly, the Media folder is for storing all videos that can be accessed on Plex.
I created two docker projects in the Synology Container Manager, one for Plex and one for everything else. The Plex project just simply runs the media server in a container. The vpnstack project runs qBittorrent, prowlarr, radarr, sonarr, and flaresolverr behind a gluetun VPN.
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Once the plex container was up and running, I visited the webUI (192.168.1.xxx:32400) and set the directory for Plex to access the media. This required me to sign in or create an account with Plex to grant access to my server.
Once the vpnstack was up and running, I went to radarr/sonarr webUIs and set the root folder in Media Management, then added qBittorrent as a download client. For prowlarr I went to the radarr/sonarr general settings and copied the API key, then pasted it in the radarr/sonarr applications in Prowlarr settings.
Once I was able to access the qBittorrent webUI (by checking the logs for the temp password), I set a new username/password. Then I set the network interface to "tun0" which is important for routing all qBittorrent traffic through ProtonVPN. After that, I created radarr/sonarr categories and added the category names to the radarr/sonarr tags in the download client configuration.
The core services that make up the stack.
Self-hosted media server for organizing and watching a personal media library.
Download client connected to radarr and sonarr.
VPN used to isolate and route qBittorrent traffic safely.
TV show monitoring and organization.
Movie monitoring and organization.
Indexer management layer that integrates with Sonarr and Radarr.
