What is Sonarr?

From their wiki:

Sonarr is a PVR for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new episodes of your favorite shows and will grab, sort and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of files already downloaded when a better quality format becomes available.

In YAMS, Sonarr is your TV show manager - it’s going to handle everything from downloads to organizing your episodes. Think of it as your personal TV assistant! 📺

Initial configuration

In your browser, go to http://{your-ip-address}:8989/. Just like with Radarr, we’ll start with some basic security settings.

Select “Forms (Login Page)” as the “Authentication Method”
In “Authentication Required” select “Disabled for Local Addresses” (so you can browse freely on your home network)

Create your username and password, then click save:

You’ll see Sonarr’s empty page. Don’t mind those 3 system messages - we’ll get to them later!

Media management

Let’s tell Sonarr how to handle our TV shows! Go to “Settings” and then “Media management”. Here’s what we need to do:

Click on “Show Advanced” (it sounds scary but we’ll keep it simple!)
Check the “Rename Episodes” box
Set up these naming formats:
- “Standard Episode Format”: {Series Title} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode Title}
- “Daily Episode Format”: {Series Title} - {Air-Date} - {Episode Title}
- “Anime Episode Format”: {Series Title} - S{season:00}E{episode:00} - {Episode Title}
- “Series Folder Format”: {Series TitleYear}

Scroll down to “Root Folders” and click on “Add Root Folder”.

Add the /data/tvshows/ folder:

Note: Just like with Radarr, this path is inside the docker environment - it maps to your server’s /mediafolder/media/tvshows/ folder. Docker magic at work! ✨

Finally, click on “Save Changes”.