My previous guide for Lidarr involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Lidarr version via Portainer. Lidarr is a music collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new albums from your favorite artists and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and rename them. It can also be configured to automatically upgrade the quality of existing files in the library when a better quality format becomes available. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Lidarr on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Lidarr v2.8.2.4493 release.

STEP 1

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STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it lidarr. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 4

Now create three new folders inside the lidarr folder that you have previously created at STEP 3 and name them config, downloads, music. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 5

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 6

In the Name field type in lidarr. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

version: '3.9'
services:
 lidarr:
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest
    container_name: LIDARR-SYNOLOGY
    healthcheck:
     test: curl -f http://localhost:8686/ || exit 1
    restart: on-failure:5
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/lidarr/music:/music:rw #If you want, you can change the following line /volume1/docker/lidarr/music with the path Location of your own Music library.
      - /volume1/docker/lidarr/downloads:/downloads:rw #If you want, you can change the following line /volume1/docker/lidarr/downloads with the path Location of your Download folder.
      - /volume1/docker/lidarr/config:/config:rw 
    environment:
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
      PGID: 100
      PUID: 1026
    ports:
      - 8686:8686

Note: If you want, you can change the following line /volume1/docker/lidarr/music with the path Location of your own Music library that is available on your NAS.
Note: If you want, you can change the following line /volume1/docker/lidarr/downloads with the path Location of your Download folder on your NAS.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for PUID and PGID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)

STEP 7

Scroll down on the page until you see a button called Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

STEP 8

If everything goes right, you will see this message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

STEP 9

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STEP 10

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:8686 Set up the Authentication Method: Forms (Login Page) and Authentication Required: (Enabled). Type in your own Username and Password then click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 11

On the left sidebar click Settings. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 12

Under Settings, click Media Management. Under Root Folders, click +. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 13

In the Name field area type in Music and in the Path field area type in /music/ then click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy Lidarr!

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If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Lidarr container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Lidarr work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

This post was updated on Thursday / January 9th, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Synology Install Lidarr with Portainer

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Lidarr v2.8.2.4493 release.

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