Docker Compose Media Server: Jellyfin, Sonarr, Radarr Stack

The Ultimate Media Stack

Cancel Netflix, Disney+, and all those streaming subscriptions. With this self-hosted media stack, you'll have a better experience with your own content library - all running on Docker Compose.

Stack Components

• Jellyfin: Media server (streams to all devices)
• Sonarr: TV show management
• Radarr: Movie management
• Prowlarr: Indexer management
• qBittorrent: Download client

Docker Compose Configuration

version: "3.8"
services:
  jellyfin:
    image: jellyfin/jellyfin:latest
    container_name: jellyfin
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./jellyfin/config:/config
      - ./media/movies:/data/movies
      - ./media/tv:/data/tv
    ports:
      - "8096:8096"
    restart: unless-stopped

  sonarr:
    image: linuxserver/sonarr:latest
    container_name: sonarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./sonarr:/config
      - ./media/tv:/tv
      - ./downloads:/downloads
    ports:
      - "8989:8989"
    restart: unless-stopped

  radarr:
    image: linuxserver/radarr:latest
    container_name: radarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./radarr:/config
      - ./media/movies:/movies
      - ./downloads:/downloads
    ports:
      - "7878:7878"
    restart: unless-stopped

  prowlarr:
    image: linuxserver/prowlarr:latest
    container_name: prowlarr
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
    volumes:
      - ./prowlarr:/config
    ports:
      - "9696:9696"
    restart: unless-stopped

  qbittorrent:
    image: linuxserver/qbittorrent:latest
    container_name: qbittorrent
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - WEBUI_PORT=8080
    volumes:
      - ./qbittorrent:/config
      - ./downloads:/downloads
    ports:
      - "8080:8080"
      - "6881:6881"
    restart: unless-stopped

Setup Steps

• 1. Deploy the stack with docker compose up -d
• 2. Configure Prowlarr with your indexers
• 3. Connect Sonarr/Radarr to Prowlarr
• 4. Add qBittorrent as download client
• 5. Add media libraries to Jellyfin

Hardware Transcoding

For smooth 4K playback, enable hardware transcoding in Jellyfin. Intel Quick Sync is recommended for most homelabs.

# Add to jellyfin service for Intel GPU
devices:
  - /dev/dri:/dev/dri