HowTo do media management (the right wrong way)¶

Initial setup¶

• Jellyfin https://jellyfin.example.com:
  • Create an admin user and save the credentials to your password manager
  • Add media libraries:
    • Movies at /media/movies
    • Shows at /media/shows
• Radarr https://radarr.example.com:
  • Authentication method: Forms
  • Create an admin user and save the credentials to your password manager
  • Navigate to Settings -> Download Clients -> Add -> Transmission (you can keep the default address and port)
  • Navigate to Settings -> Media Management -> Add Root Folder /movies
  • Navigate to Settings -> General -> API Key -> copy it for the next steps (or save it to your password manager)
• Sonarr https://sonarr.example.com: same as Radarr but use /shows for the root folder
• Prowlarr https://prowlarr.example.com:
  • Authentication method: Forms
  • Create an admin user and save the credentials to your password manager
  • Navigate to Settings -> Apps -> Add:
    • Radarr: paste the API key (you can keep the default address and port)
    • Sonarr: same as Radarr
  • Go back to Indexers -> Add New Indexers
• Jellyseerr https://jellyseerr.example.com:
  • Sign In
    • Use your Jellyfin account
    • URL: https://jellyfin.example.com
    • Email: you can enter anything
    • Username: admin
    • Password: same as Jellyfin
  • Configure Media Server
    • Enable Movies and Shows
  • Configure Services:
    • Add Radarr Server:
      • Default Server: true
      • Name: Radarr
      • Hostname: localhost
      • Port: use default
      • API Key: from previous step
      • Click Test
      • Quality Profile: choose whatever suits you
      • Root folder: /movies
      • External URL: https://radarr.example.com
      • Enable Scan: true
    • Add Sonarr Server: similar to Radarr

Optionally, for convenience, you can add a guest account without a password in Jellyfin, allow access to all libraries, and allow that account to manage requests in Jellyseerr.

Usage¶

Here's a suggested flow:

• Users using the guest account can request media in Jellyseerr
• Admins approve the request (or you can enable auto-approve)
• Wait for the media to be downloaded
• Watch on Jellyfin

You may need to increase the volume size depending on your usage.