Sonarr

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The following instructions are for installing Sonarr on CentOS 8.

Please note these were the steps taken by an experienced user.

Start by importing the repository’s GPG key and Installing Packages:

yum install epel-release yum-utils -y
yum config-manager --set-enabled powertools
rpm --import 'http://pool.sks-keyservers.net/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x3fa7e0328081bff6a14da29aa6a19b38d3d831ef'
dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.mono-project.com/repo/centos8-stable.repo

yum -y install wget git par2cmdline p7zip unrar unzip tar gcc python-feedparser python-configobj python-cheetah python-dbus python-devel libxslt-devel mediainfo libzen libmediainfo curl gettext mono-core mono-devel sqlite.x86_64

Add a user for Sonarr to use

useradd sonarr -s /sbin/nologin

Download, extract and move Sonarr

wget http://update.sonarr.tv/v2/master/mono/NzbDrone.master.tar.gz
tar -xvf ~/NzbDrone.master.tar.gz -C /opt/
rm -f NzbDrone.master.tar.gz
mkdir /opt/sonarr
mkdir /opt/sonarr/bin
mv /opt/NzbDrone/* /opt/sonarr/bin
rm -rf /opt/NzbDrone

Change ownership of the install directory

chown -R sonarr:sonarr /opt/sonarr

Create your systemd unit file

tee /etc/systemd/system/sonarr.service << EOF
[Unit]
Description=Sonarr Daemon
After=syslog.target network.target
[Service]
User=sonarr
Group=sonarr
Type=simple
ExecStart=/usr/bin/mono /opt/sonarr/bin/NzbDrone.exe -nobrowser -data /opt/sonarr
TimeoutStopSec=20
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

Reload the systemd unit files

systemctl daemon-reload

Create a firewall rule for Sonarr

tee /etc/firewalld/services/sonarr.xml << EOF
<service>
  <short>sonarr</short>
  <description>Sonarr Download Service</description>
  <port protocol="tcp" port="8989"/>
</service>
EOF

Add firewall exceptions if the firewall is enabled

firewall-cmd --reload
firewall-cmd --permanent --add-service sonarr
firewall-cmd --reload

Enable Sonarr to run on startup, and start!

systemctl enable sonarr.service
systemctl start sonarr.service

Troubleshooting:

Symptom:

The service has loaded and when browsing to the site it is blank.

Run the following to test for missing mono links.

systemctl stop sonarr
systemctl start sonarr
journalctl -xe | grep libMonoPosixHelper.so

If you see a line similar to

_System.Net.WebException: /usr/lib/libMonoPosixHelper.so ---> System.DllNotFoundException: /usr/lib/libMonoPosixHelper_

The resolution below will fix that.

Resolution:

Run the following command

ln -s /usr/lib64/libMonoPosixHelper.so /usr/lib/libMonoPosixHelper.so

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