Manage your media server on balena.io

• Prerequisites
• Deployment
  • One-Click Deployment
  • Manual Deployment
• Configuration
  • Environment Variables
  • Remote Access
    • Via Tailscale
    • Via Nginx
• Services
  • Duplicati
  • Jellyfin
  • Netdata
  • Nginx
  • Nzbhydra
  • Ombi
  • Overseerr
  • Plex
  • Profilarr
  • Prowlarr
  • Radarr
  • Sabnzbd
  • Sonarr
  • Syncthing
  • Tautulli
• Contributing

• A device running balenaOS with sufficient processing power
• Adequate storage space in the data partition for your media
• A balenaCloud account (optional)
• A Tailscale account for remote access (optional)
• A custom domain name for HTTPS access (optional)

1. Create a balenaCloud account and application
2. Flash a device with balenaOS
3. Clone this repository
4. Push the project to your balena application using the balena CLI

Environment Variables can be applied to all services in an application, or only one service, and can be applied fleet-wide to apply to multiple devices.

• TZ: Inform services of the timezone in your location.

1. Provide the TS_AUTHKEY environment variable
2. Access services via https://${TS_CERT_DOMAIN}:${service_port}

Read more at https://tailscale.com/blog/docker-tailscale-guide and https://tailscale.com/kb/1282/docker

1. Add proxy hosts via http:${service-name}:${service-port}
2. Set up custom domains and SSL certificates as needed

Read more at https://nginxproxymanager.com/

Docktail automatically exposes services via Tailscale based on Docker labels. Before using Docktail, configure your Tailscale admin console at https://login.tailscale.com/admin/services.

1. Create service definitions (Services → Add service):

   Create a service for each application you want to expose with port 443:

   • duplicati-mediaserver
   • jellyfin
   • netdata-mediaserver
   • nginx-mediaserver
   • nzbhydra
   • ombi
   • overseerr
   • plex
   • profilarr
   • prowlarr
   • radarr
   • sabnzbd
   • sonarr
   • syncthing-mediaserver
   • tautulli

2. (Optional) Configure service tags:

   • Navigate to Access Controls
   • Add tags for service identification (e.g., tag:mediaserver-service)
   • Tag your Docker host (e.g., tag:mediaserver)

3. (Recommended) Enable auto-approval:

   • Navigate to Access Controls and edit your ACL policy
   • Add auto-approvers to skip manual approval for service advertisements:

   {"autoApprovers":{"services":{"tag:mediaserver-service": ["tag:mediaserver"] } } }

   • This allows devices tagged tag:mediaserver to automatically advertise services tagged tag:mediaserver-service

Read more at https://github.com/marvinvr/docktail and https://tailscale.com/kb/1552/tailscale-services

Each service below includes its forward host and port, along with basic setup instructions.
Services can be disabled by setting the DISABLE environment variable to a truthy value.

• Forward host and port: http://duplicati:8200
• Set a password with the DUPLICATI__WEBSERVICE_PASSWORD environment variable
• Configure backups using sources from /volumes/

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-duplicati

• Forward host and port: http://jellyfin:8096
• Set JELLYFIN_PublishedServerUrl to your public server URL
• Create libraries using folders in /downloads/

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-jellyfin

• Forward host and port: http://netdata:19999
• Set PGID environment variable (see README for details)

Read more at https://hub.docker.com/r/netdata/netdata

• Forward host and port: http://nginx:81
• Default credentials:
  • Email: [email protected]
  • Password: changeme

Read more at https://nginxproxymanager.com/

• Forward host and port: http://nzbhydra:5076

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-nzbhydra

• Forward host and port: http://ombi:3579

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-ombi

• Forward host and port: http://overseerr:5055

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-overseerr

• Forward host and port: http://plex:32400
• Set PLEX_CLAIM environment variable (obtain from https://plex.tv/claim)
• Create libraries using folders in /downloads/

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-plex

• Forward host and port: http://profilarr:6868
• Configuration management tool for Radarr/Sonarr
• Automates importing and version control of custom formats and quality profiles

Read more at https://dictionarry.dev/profilarr-setup/installation

• Forward host and port: http://prowlarr:9696

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-prowlarr

• Forward host and port: http://radarr:7878
• Set base path to /downloads/movies

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-radarr

• Forward host and port: http://sabnzbd:8080
• Set download folders:
  • Temporary: /downloads/sabnzbd/incomplete
  • Completed: /downloads/sabnzbd/complete

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-sabnzbd

• Forward host and port: http://sonarr:8989
• Set base path to /downloads/tv

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-sonarr

• Forward host and port: http://syncthing:8384
• Configure syncs using sources from /volumes/

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-syncthing

• Forward host and port: http://tautulli:8181
• Set Plex IP Address/Hostname to plex and port to 32400

Read more at https://docs.linuxserver.io/images/docker-tautulli

Please open an issue or submit a pull request with any features, fixes, or changes.