Docker - Media Server - Sonarr - Configure Media Management

Configure Media Management

Navigate to Settings → Media Management.

In Episode Naming:

Rename Episodes: Checked.
Replace Illegal Characters: Checked.
Standard Episode Format: {Series Title}.S{season:00}E{episode:00}.{Episode Title}.{MediaInfo VideoCodec}.{Quality Title}. Change this as required.

In Folders:

Create empty series folders: Checked.
Delete empty folders: Not Checked.

In Importing:

Episode Title Required: Always.
Skip Free Space Check: Not Checked.
Minimum Free Space: 100.
Use Hardlinks instead of Copy: Checked.
Import Extra Files: Not Checked.

In File Management:

Ignore Deleted Episodes: Not Checked.
Propers and Repacks: Prefer and Upgrade.
Analyse video files: Checked.
Rescan Series Folder after Refresh: Always.
Change File Date: None.
Recycling Bin: <blank>.
Recycling Bin Cleanup: 7.

In Permissions:

Set Permissions: Not Checked.
File chmod mode: 0644.
Folder chmod mode: 0755.
chown User: <blank>.
chown Group: <blank>.

In Root Folders:

Click on Add Root Folder button, and select Tv.

NOTE: This Tv folder is connected with the actual path where your TV shows exists.

This Tv folder is the virtual directory within the Sonarr docker container.

The following line from the Sonarr section in the Dockerfile connects this Tv directory to the /home/peter/Documents/nas_tv_shows/ in this example.

The rw at the end of the line indicates to allow Read and Write to that directory.

Dockerfile

      - /home/peter/Documents/nas_tv_shows/:/tv:rw