docker-compose-cookbooks/radarr/README.md

Radarr

Overview

Radarr is an automated movie collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It monitors your watchlist (from Trakt, IMDb, etc.), scans configured indexers for releases, and sends matches to your download client. After download, it renames and organizes files into your movie library and notifies your media server.

Project Details

• Project Repository: https://radarr.video/
• Container Image: ghcr.io/hotio/radarr
• Reverse Proxy Port: 7878

Getting Started

Open http://localhost:7878 in your browser and complete the initial setup wizard:

1. Choose your UI language
2. Add a download client — select qBittorrent, enter its host/port/credentials
3. Add an indexer — or connect to Prowlarr for automatic indexer sync

Once the wizard finishes, you'll see an empty library. To populate it:

• Go to Settings → Media Management and add a Root Folder (e.g., /media/movies) — this is where your organized movie library will live
• Click Add Movie and search by title — Radarr fetches metadata, posters, and available releases
• Optionally connect a List (Trakt, IMDb, etc.) to auto-import movies from your watchlists

Download flow

qBittorrent downloads to /media/downloads/prowlarr → Radarr picks it up, renames the file, and moves it into <Root Folder>/Movie Name (Year)/

Environment Variable Notes

Variable	Description
RADARR_IMAGE	Container image (default: ghcr.io/hotio/radarr:release)
RADARR_RESTART	Restart policy (default: unless-stopped)
RADARR_PORT	Published port for the web UI (default: 7878)
VOL_PATH	Base path for persistent data volumes (default: /data)
RADARR_MEDIA	Shared media root on the host (default: /data/media), mounted at /media. Must be the same folder qBittorrent, Sonarr and Jellyfin use
TZ	Container timezone (default: America/Vancouver)

Volume Notes

Volume	Purpose
${VOL_PATH:-/data}/radarr/config	Application configuration and database
${RADARR_MEDIA:-/data/media} → /media	Shared media library, kept separate from VOL_PATH since it's typically mounted into Sonarr, Radarr, Bazarr, and Jellyfin/etc.

Network Notes

Requires an external proxy network. Create it once with:

docker network create proxy

Docker Run

docker run -d \
  --name=radarr \
  -e PUID=1000 \
  -e PGID=1000 \
  -e UMASK=002 \
  -e TZ=America/Vancouver \
  -p 7878:7878 \
  -v ${VOL_PATH:-/data}/radarr/config:/config \
  -v ${RADARR_MEDIA:-/data/media}:/media \
  --network proxy \
  --restart unless-stopped \
  ghcr.io/hotio/radarr:release

Additional Notes / Gotchas

• One shared media folder. qBittorrent, Sonarr, Radarr and Jellyfin all use /data/media on the host. qBittorrent, Sonarr and Radarr mount it at /media, so a download has the same path in every container: no Remote Path Mapping needed, and imports can use hardlinks (instant, no extra disk space). Enable Settings → Media Management → Use Hardlinks instead of Copy.
• Layout: /data/media/downloads/prowlarr (qBittorrent category prowlarr), /data/media/shows (Sonarr), /data/media/movies (Radarr). The shows/movies names match the Jellyfin stack's library mounts.
• In the qBittorrent download client settings, set Category to prowlarr.

Dockhand Stack, Deploy from Git

• Cookbooks Repository
• stackname: radarr
• Compose file path: radarr/compose.yaml
• Additional env file (optional): radarr/sample.env

Load radarr/sample.env into the Environment variables in Dockhand, then create the Stack.