Overseer & Plex integration

[loud atlas]

I am running this setup in a Unraid > Linux VM > Docker setup. I can get to the setup page and request the movie, but nothing happens on my Plex side. Do I need to do anything with the config to direct it to plex? In my docker compose I have the overseer ip correct and the api key is correct.

[velvet estuary]

Start with folder structure and linking the correct folder to plex library
It doesn't automatically work when you request in overseerr

Workflow

• Movie is requested
• Sent to Radarr/Sonarr
• Radarr/Sonarr uses Jackett/Prowlarr to check release
• Radarr/Sonarr send the release to torrent client
• Torrent client downloads to download folder set for the tag
• Radarr/Sonarr checks download status and moves to root folder
• Plex library linked to root folder will refresh (set your library to refresh on file change)
• Plex shows movie/shows
• Overseerr marks the movie/show as available once plex sync happens

https://trash-guides.info/File-and-Folder-Structure/

https://trash-guides.info/

Use trash guide to setup each program to work effectively

[loud atlas]

Thanks I will look into this

[loud atlas]

If I am running Overseer do I need radarr/Sonarr?

[velvet estuary]

yup. Needed
Can't work without those

[junior pier]

Best way to think of it is that you don't need Overseerr to request Shows or Films on Sonarr/Radarr. When you've got those two up, you can set stuff to search for downloads, set them to download, monitor progress, rename files and move to Plex folders

Overseerr sits between users and Sonarr/Radarr to give a much better user experience, and the chance for an Admin (if desired) to moderate requests for media, as well as hooking in to Plex watchlists.

Get Sonarr/Radarr working first, then set up Overseerr

[loud atlas]

Appreciate the help from both of you. After reading a couple tutorials, I figured out that my file system is not what it should be! Thanks for the help!!

[junior pier]

Awesome! That was what had me stuck for a while when I first started using Overseerr and the *arrs! 😄

[loud atlas]

@junior pier Off topic of the Overseer, but do I need to add a a downloader to *arrs?

[junior pier]

Yes - the *arrs just tell the downloader what to download, can’t download anything themselves.

You’ll also likely need an indexer, which is what the *arrs need to find downloads

[loud atlas]

@junior pier Overseer does not like my local IP 192.X.X.XX:7878

[junior pier]

You need to take the port number and forward slash off of the end, and the http:// at the start. It should only be the IP address that you enter in this box

What you enter in the box should look exactly like this, just with your IP:

192.168.68.100 (per screenshot)

this assumes you have kept the port numbers as default and haven’t changed them manually yourself (you would know if you had)

[loud atlas]

DERP

That was a easy fix. My only issue left is there is not option in the root folder. Is that changed in Radarr settings

Found it. Is the root folder where all my media from Plex is located?

[junior pier]

Yes, it’s where radarr/sonarr will move your media to and has to be configured in them first.

If you used docker for sonarr and radarr, you may need to add a virtual path in the container. For example this is my setup (see screenshots)

Note: first screenshot is from portainer, which is an app for managing docker containers

[loud atlas]

I really appreciate the help. I am not finding my root folder so I need to go back and see how to set those up.

[junior pier]

This may help https://docs.docker.com/get-started/docker-concepts/running-containers/sharing-local-files/

[loud atlas]

Order of operations: Make /mtn first on docker compose. Then going into the docker and mkdir my folders?

[loud atlas]

Well I'm definitely learning file structure mounting drives!

[storm thorn]

So I need a bit of advice. I have a Windows machine dedicated to Plex and all the associated arr apps. Currently I'm using Ombi but want to switch to Overseer and see that it requires docker. Will I have to move all the arr apps to that docker instance (within WSL I assume)? And if I do can I keep all my settings or will this be a full wipe in which case it'd be better to just reformat the PC for Linux use

[junior pier]

No, Overseerr doesn’t care how your *arrs are installed… they’re just other services with an API.

Just install overseerr and leave the rest as it is.

[junior pier]

Sorry missed your last message. It’s been a while since I mounted mine so can’t remember exactly, sorry!

[storm thorn]

I downloaded docker and grabbed the Overseerr image now I'm trying to log in with Plex and it isn't working. I'm getting an error (that the guide I'm following says is nothing to worry about since I followed it) and when I authenticate with Plex it says it's successful but doesn't proceed past step 1

[junior pier]

Looks like it might be that you haven’t specified in your docker container settings where /app/config is mapped to. This needs to be a specific, actual location in your file system. ‘/app/config’ is a virtual folder inside the docker container, that needs somewhere real to use.

Have you used docker before?

[storm thorn]

No, this is my first time. I thought it you named the volume it would be mounted. I was told that message might be a false positive but the Plex authentication succeeds but doesn't proceed past step 1 so something is definelty misconfigured

[junior pier]

Did you use docker compose or command line to create the container?

Either way, standard settings are:

COMPOSE

---

version: '3'

services:
overseerr:
image: sctx/overseerr:latest
container_name: overseerr
environment:
- LOG_LEVEL=debug
- TZ=Asia/Tokyo
- PORT=5055 #optional
ports:
- 5055:5055
volumes:
- /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config
restart: unless-stopped

COMMAND LINE
docker run -d
--name overseerr
-e LOG_LEVEL=debug
-e TZ=Asia/Tokyo
-e PORT=5055 #optional
-p 5055:5055
-v /path/to/appdata/config:/app/config
--restart unless-stopped
sctx/overseerr

where ‘/path/to/appdata/config’ in either needs to be an actual valid location that docker has read/write permissions to. So permissions could also be an issue.

Are you using docker on linux or windows?

[storm thorn]

I'm using it on Windows. I used command line to install WSL2 and then did the rest through the docker desktop application

[junior pier]

sorry my knowledge of docker on windows is slim… but I think this is applicable

If you run this command in terminal:

docker inspect overseerr

you should get something like this: https://pastejustit.com/xsbkcjaotz

If you’ve got your file path correctly named in binds (line 38 for me) and mounts (line 146) this suggests the virtual and actual folders are properly set up.

If that’s the case then it points to a permissions issue… but if not you’ll need to recreate the overseerr container with the correct mounts

This link might help with sharing local files/folders with a container https://docs.docker.com/get-started/docker-concepts/running-containers/sharing-local-files/

[storm thorn]

I'll check that as soon as I get home

[storm thorn]

Yeah I didn't get any of that. It's saying Overseerr not found Recreating the countainer i easy, not sure how to mount it somewhere real within this though. (I really wish I set this up on linux really don't wanna redo everything)

Nvm I was stupid and looked in the actual command line instead of Docker Desktop. So this looking like a permissions issue?

[storm thorn]

And it works today. Didn't do anything but I'll take it. Thanks!