Lidarr is a music download manager. Music can be requested in Lidarr. Lidarr uses nzbgeek usenet indexer to search for the requested music. Once found, Lidarr sends the download information to sabnzb to download the request from the usenet service.
Installation
- Insert instructions on creating a stack in portainer here.
- Name the stack "Lidarr"
- Use the docker-compose.yml
- Click the "Deploy the stack" button at the bottom of the page
Backup
Lidarr can be backed up using the web interface or the command line. Lidarr automatically creates a backup every 7 days and stores it in the following locations. The previous three backups are retained, along with the current.
- /home/mattspeer/docker/lidarr/Backups/scheduled of the host
- /config/Backups/scheduled of the container
Web Interface Backups
- Log into Lidarr at https://lidarr.speerfam.net
- Go to System => Backup
- Click the Backup button
- Download the zip after the backup is created
- Move the backup file to your network backup folder
Command Line
- Run the following command to stop lidarr
sudo docker stop lidarr
- Run the following command to create a compressed backup of lidarr
sudo zip -r /mnt/5TB-Disk1/backup/server/lidarr/lidarr_backup.zip /home/mattspeer/docker/lidarr
Restore
Restore Using the Web Interface Backup Zip
- If needed, install Lidarr using using the #Installation section above
- Log into Lidarr and navigate to System =>Backup
- Select Restore Backup
- Choose File
- Select the backup zip file
- Select Restore
Restore From a Command Line Backup
- If needed, install Lidarr using using the #Installation section above
- Stop Lidarr by either logging into Portainer or by executing the following command from a terminal on Media-PC
sudo docker stop lidarr
- Issue the following commands to delete the existing data and restore the data from the backup.
sudo rm -r /home/mattspeer/docker/lidarr
sudo unzip /mnt/5TB-Disk1/backup/server/lidarr/lidarr_backup.zip -d /home/mattspeer/docker/lidarr
sudo docker start lidarr