🎬 Rajin's Media Automation Stack

📁 Self-hosted, secure, and fully automated streaming system ⚙️ Powered by: Sonarr + Radarr + Prowlarr + Transmission + Jellyfin + Uptime Kuma 🔐 Privacy-first via Tailscale VPN 🏡 Dashboard with Homepage to monitor all Services

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📦 Stack Overview

Tool	Role
🧠 Jellyfin	Media server — organize & stream content
📺 Sonarr	Auto-download & manage TV shows
🎬 Radarr	Auto-download & manage Movies
🔍 Prowlarr	Unified indexer manager for Sonarr & Radarr
⬇️ Transmission	Torrent client for actual downloads
🔒 Tailscale	Secure remote access without open ports
📊 Uptime Kuma	Service health monitoring and alerting
🏡 Homepage	Dashboard for Service Management and Monitoring
⏰ Cron	Automates Maintenance & Activity Scripts on a Schedule

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🧭 File Structure

/Users/rajin/Media/
├── Downloads/
│   ├── Incomplete/   # Used by Transmission (in-progress)
│   └── Completed/    # Final download location for Sonarr/Radarr import
├── TV Shows/         # Final destination for shows (Sonarr)
├── Movies/           # Final destination for movies (Radarr)

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🚀 How It Works

1. Add a TV show (Sonarr) or movie (Radarr)
2. Prowlarr searches public indexers
3. Sends magnet/torrent to Transmission
4. Transmission downloads to /Downloads/Incomplete, then moves to Completed
5. Sonarr/Radarr detect the finished download, rename + organize it into the correct folder
6. Jellyfin scans the folders and displays new content
7. Uptime Kuma continuously monitors all service endpoints and alerts via email if anything goes down
8. Homepage dashboard shows real-time status and control for all services (remember to start the shell script for homepage as it builds from source)
9. Cron Jobs run in the background to automate routine tasks like cleaning up old downloads, or other changes to push to your remote repos on GitHub.

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🌐 Remote Access

• Tailscale is used to access everything securely across devices
• No port forwarding or public exposure required
• Remote streaming via Swiftfin (iOS Jellyfin app) is fully supported
• Uptime Kuma can be accessed remotely through Tailscale as well at http://100.x.x.x:3001

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🔧 Notable Configuration Details

⚙️ Transmission Preferences

• Downloads to: /Users/rajin/Media/Downloads/Incomplete
• Moves completed files to: /Users/rajin/Media/Downloads/Completed

🎯 Prowlarr Indexers

All public and login-free:

Indexer	Type	Purpose
nyaa.si	Anime	TV/movies
TPB	General	TV, films
rarbg	General	High-quality content
torrentdownloads	General	Archives, misc
yts	Movies	High-quality film releases
torrentsome	Korean-focused	K-dramas, films
torrenttip	Korean-focused	Alt. Korean sources

→ Synced with Sonarr & Radarr via Prowlarr Applications tab

📊 Uptime Kuma Monitor Endpoints

Use direct API URLs with apikey in the query string (no headers required):

Service	Monitor URL Example
Sonarr	http://localhost:8989/api/v3/system/status?apikey=YOUR_SONARR_API_KEY
Radarr	http://localhost:7878/api/v3/system/status?apikey=YOUR_RADARR_API_KEY
Prowlarr	http://localhost:9696/api/v1/system/status?apikey=YOUR_PROWLARR_API_KEY
Jellyfin	http://localhost:8096
Transmission	http://localhost:9091
Homepage	http://localhost:3000

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📋 Default Access URLs

App	URL	Port
Homepage (once started with the script)	http://localhost:3000	3000
Jellyfin	http://localhost:8096	8096
Sonarr	http://localhost:8989	8989
Radarr	http://localhost:7878	7878
Prowlarr	http://localhost:9696	9696
Transmission	http://localhost:9091	9091
Uptime Kuma	http://localhost:3001	3001

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🔐 Credentials Template

Service	Username	Password
Jellyfin	rajinkhan	__________
Sonarr	rajinkhan	__________
Radarr	rajinkhan	__________
Prowlarr	rajinkhan	__________
Transmission	rajinkhan	__________
Uptime Kuma	rajinkhan	__________

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🛡️ Legal Use Disclaimer

This setup is configured strictly for personal and legal use. ✅ Ideal for:

• Public domain content
• Self-created media
• Openly licensed content

❌ Avoid copyrighted material unless legally permitted.

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📌 Maintenance Tips

• 🧹 Clear /Downloads/Completed regularly
• 🔄 Sync indexers in Prowlarr as needed
• 🔁 Back up configs from ~/Library/Application Support/...
• 🎨 Customize Jellyfin UI via custom CSS (e.g., Finimalism theme)
• 📄 Monitor service logs using ./homepage.sh logs for the dashboard
• 📊 Regularly check Uptime Kuma status for early detection of downtime
• 🤖 Automate tasks like cleanup and automatic repo updates with cron jobs (see CronJobAutomation.md).

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📎 Optional Extensions

• 📄 Bazarr → Auto-download subtitles
• 🧭 Dashy → Dashboard for all services
• ☁️ Nextcloud → Private file syncing and cloud storage
• 🛑 Pi-hole → Network-wide ad blocker

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