Name: sonarr

Website: https://sonarr.tv

Last reviewed by: Clipper, April 2026

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Sonarr

Sonarr is an automated TV show manager. It monitors release sources, searches for new and existing episodes, and sends them to your download client automatically. After downloading, content is processed by Filebot/olaris-rename and made available in Plex.

Default setup

• No indexer is configured by default — you will need to set up a torrent or Usenet provider. Prowlarr is the recommended way to manage indexers.
• By default, the blackhole downloader is enabled — torrents are dropped into ~/torrents/watch/ where your client picks them up automatically.
• After each download, Filebot/olaris-rename scans the content and moves it into ~/media/TV Shows/.
• Sonarr scans ~/media/TV Shows/ every 12 hours for new episodes.

Version management

Sonarr is currently on V4. The server-wide installation is updated every 30 minutes. Once installed, you can use the built-in updater to switch versions.

Connecting to rTorrent

If you want to customise download directories or use Sonarr's own post-processing instead of Filebot, connect Sonarr directly to rTorrent:

1. Go to Settings → Download Clients and enable Advanced Settings.
2. Click + and select rTorrent.
3. Fill in the following:

Setting	Value
Host	username.servername.bysh.me
Port	443
SSL	✓
URL Base	/rutorrent/plugins/httprpc/action.php
Username	Your username
Password	Your rTorrent password

1. Test the connection, then disable the default blackhole download client.

There is no official support for custom Sonarr setups.

Connecting to Deluge

1. Go to Settings → Download Clients and enable Advanced Settings.
2. Click + and select Deluge.
3. Fill in the following:

Setting	Value
Host	username.servername.bysh.me
Port	Your Deluge web port (from Box Details)
URL Base	Leave empty
SSL	✓
Password	Your Deluge password

1. Test the connection, then disable the blackhole download client.

Connecting to NZBGet

1. Go to Settings → Download Clients and enable Advanced Settings.
2. Click + and select NZBGet.
3. Fill in the following:

Setting	Value
Host	username.servername.bysh.me
Port	From NZBGet: Settings → Security → ControlPort
SSL	✓
Username	Your username
Password	Your NZBGet password

1. Test the connection.

Connecting to SABnzbd

1. Go to Settings → Download Clients and enable Advanced Settings.
2. Click + and select SABnzbd.
3. Fill in the following:

Setting	Value
Host	username.servername.bysh.me
Port	From SABnzbd: Settings → General → SABnzbd Port
API Key	From SABnzbd: Settings → General → API Key
SSL	✓

1. Test the connection.