radarr Installation Guide Installation Guide

radarr is a free and open-source movie collection manager. Radarr automates movie downloading and organization, serving as the movie equivalent of Sonarr

Hardware Requirements:

CPU: 1 core minimum

RAM: 512MB minimum

Storage: 1GB for app

Network: HTTP/HTTPS access

Operating System:

Linux: Any modern distribution (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, CentOS, Fedora, Arch, Alpine, openSUSE)

macOS: 10.14+ (Mojave or newer)

Windows: Windows Server 2016+ or Windows 10

FreeBSD: 11.0+

Network Requirements:

Port 7878 (default radarr port)

None

Dependencies:

See official documentation for specific requirements

System Access: root or sudo privileges required

This guide supports installation on:

RHEL 8/9 and derivatives (CentOS Stream, Rocky Linux, AlmaLinux)

Debian 11/12

Ubuntu 20.04/22.04/24.04 LTS

Arch Linux (rolling release)

Alpine Linux 3.18+

openSUSE Leap 15.5+ / Tumbleweed

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) 15+

macOS 12+ (Monterey and later)

FreeBSD 13+

Windows 10/11/Server 2019+ (where applicable)

bash

# Install EPEL repository if needed
sudo dnf install -y epel-release

# Install radarr
sudo dnf install -y radarr

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now radarr

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=7878/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Update package index
sudo apt update

# Install radarr
sudo apt install -y radarr

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now radarr

# Configure firewall
sudo ufw allow 7878

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Install radarr
sudo pacman -S radarr

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now radarr

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Install radarr
apk add --no-cache radarr

# Enable and start service
rc-update add radarr default
rc-service radarr start

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Install radarr
sudo zypper install -y radarr

# Enable and start service
sudo systemctl enable --now radarr

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=7878/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Using Homebrew
brew install radarr

# Start service
brew services start radarr

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Using pkg
pkg install radarr

# Enable in rc.conf
echo 'radarr_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service radarr start

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Using Chocolatey
choco install radarr

# Or using Scoop
scoop install radarr

# Verify installation
radarr --version

bash

# Create configuration directory
sudo mkdir -p /etc/radarr

# Set up basic configuration
# See official documentation for detailed configuration options

# Test configuration
radarr --version

bash

# Enable service
sudo systemctl enable radarr

# Start service
sudo systemctl start radarr

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop radarr

# Restart service
sudo systemctl restart radarr

# Check status
sudo systemctl status radarr

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u radarr -f

bash

# Enable service
rc-update add radarr default

# Start service
rc-service radarr start

# Stop service
rc-service radarr stop

# Restart service
rc-service radarr restart

# Check status
rc-service radarr status

bash

# Enable in /etc/rc.conf
echo 'radarr_enable="YES"' >> /etc/rc.conf

# Start service
service radarr start

# Stop service
service radarr stop

# Restart service
service radarr restart

# Check status
service radarr status

bash

# Using Homebrew services
brew services start radarr
brew services stop radarr
brew services restart radarr

# Check status
brew services list | grep radarr

powershell

# Start service
net start radarr

# Stop service
net stop radarr

# Using PowerShell
Start-Service radarr
Stop-Service radarr
Restart-Service radarr

# Check status
Get-Service radarr

See the official documentation for advanced configuration options.

nginx

upstream radarr_backend {
    server 127.0.0.1:7878;
}

server {
    listen 80;
    server_name radarr.example.com;
    return 301 https://$server_name$request_uri;
}

server {
    listen 443 ssl http2;
    server_name radarr.example.com;

    ssl_certificate /etc/ssl/certs/radarr.example.com.crt;
    ssl_certificate_key /etc/ssl/private/radarr.example.com.key;

    location / {
        proxy_pass http://radarr_backend;
        proxy_set_header Host $host;
        proxy_set_header X-Real-IP $remote_addr;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-For $proxy_add_x_forwarded_for;
        proxy_set_header X-Forwarded-Proto $scheme;
    }
}

apache

<VirtualHost *:80>
    ServerName radarr.example.com
    Redirect permanent / https://radarr.example.com/
</VirtualHost>

<VirtualHost *:443>
    ServerName radarr.example.com
    
    SSLEngine on
    SSLCertificateFile /etc/ssl/certs/radarr.example.com.crt
    SSLCertificateKeyFile /etc/ssl/private/radarr.example.com.key
    
    ProxyRequests Off
    ProxyPreserveHost On
    
    ProxyPass / http://127.0.0.1:7878/
    ProxyPassReverse / http://127.0.0.1:7878/
</VirtualHost>

haproxy

frontend radarr_frontend
    bind *:80
    bind *:443 ssl crt /etc/ssl/certs/radarr.pem
    redirect scheme https if !{ ssl_fc }
    default_backend radarr_backend

backend radarr_backend
    balance roundrobin
    server radarr1 127.0.0.1:7878 check

bash

# Set appropriate permissions
sudo chown -R radarr:radarr /etc/radarr
sudo chmod 750 /etc/radarr

# Configure firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port=7878/tcp
sudo firewall-cmd --reload

# Enable SELinux policies (if applicable)
sudo setsebool -P httpd_can_network_connect on

See official documentation for database configuration requirements.

bash

# Basic system tuning
echo 'net.core.somaxconn = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
echo 'net.ipv4.tcp_max_syn_backlog = 65535' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
sudo sysctl -p

bash

# Check service status
sudo systemctl status radarr

# View logs
sudo journalctl -u radarr -f

# Monitor resource usage
top -p $(pgrep radarr)

bash

#!/bin/bash
# Basic backup script
BACKUP_DIR="/backup/radarr"
DATE=$(date +%Y%m%d_%H%M%S)

mkdir -p "$BACKUP_DIR"
tar -czf "$BACKUP_DIR/radarr-backup-$DATE.tar.gz" /etc/radarr /var/lib/radarr

echo "Backup completed: $BACKUP_DIR/radarr-backup-$DATE.tar.gz"

bash

# Stop service
sudo systemctl stop radarr

# Restore from backup
tar -xzf /backup/radarr/radarr-backup-*.tar.gz -C /

# Start service
sudo systemctl start radarr

1. Service won't start:

bash

# Check logs
sudo journalctl -u radarr -n 100
sudo tail -f /var/log/radarr/radarr.log

# Check configuration
radarr --version

# Check permissions
ls -la /etc/radarr

2. Connection issues:

bash

# Check if service is listening
sudo ss -tlnp | grep 7878

# Test connectivity
telnet localhost 7878

# Check firewall
sudo firewall-cmd --list-all

3. Performance issues:

bash

# Check resource usage
top -p $(pgrep radarr)

# Check disk I/O
iotop -p $(pgrep radarr)

# Check connections
ss -an | grep 7878

yaml

version: '3.8'
services:
  radarr:
    image: radarr:latest
    ports:
      - "7878:7878"
    volumes:
      - ./config:/etc/radarr
      - ./data:/var/lib/radarr
    restart: unless-stopped

Maintenance

bash

# RHEL/CentOS/Rocky/AlmaLinux
sudo dnf update radarr

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade radarr

# Arch Linux
sudo pacman -Syu radarr

# Alpine Linux
apk update && apk upgrade radarr

# openSUSE
sudo zypper update radarr

# FreeBSD
pkg update && pkg upgrade radarr

# Always backup before updates
tar -czf /backup/radarr-pre-update-$(date +%Y%m%d).tar.gz /etc/radarr

# Restart after updates
sudo systemctl restart radarr

Regular Maintenance

bash

# Log rotation
sudo logrotate -f /etc/logrotate.d/radarr

# Clean old logs
find /var/log/radarr -name "*.log" -mtime +30 -delete

# Check disk usage
du -sh /var/lib/radarr

Official Documentation: https://docs.radarr.org/

GitHub Repository: https://github.com/radarr/radarr

Community Forum: https://forum.radarr.org/

Best Practices Guide: https://docs.radarr.org/best-practices

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Note: This guide is part of the HowToMgr collection. Always refer to official documentation for the most up-to-date information.

1. Prerequisites

2. Supported Operating Systems

3. Installation

RHEL/CentOS/Rocky Linux/AlmaLinux

Debian/Ubuntu

Arch Linux

Alpine Linux

openSUSE/SLES

macOS

FreeBSD

Windows

Initial Configuration

Basic Configuration

5. Service Management

systemd (RHEL, Debian, Ubuntu, Arch, openSUSE)

OpenRC (Alpine Linux)

rc.d (FreeBSD)

launchd (macOS)

Windows Service Manager

Advanced Configuration

Reverse Proxy Setup

nginx Configuration

Apache Configuration

HAProxy Configuration

Security Configuration

Basic Security Setup

Database Setup

Performance Optimization

System Tuning

Monitoring

Basic Monitoring

9. Backup and Restore

Backup Script

Restore Procedure

6. Troubleshooting

Common Issues

Integration Examples

Docker Compose Example

Maintenance

Update Procedures

Regular Maintenance

Additional Resources

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