Media Servers self-hosting guides

Build a reliable home media stack, from local playback to secure remote access.

Audiobookshelf Docker Compose: Preserve Books, Metadata, and Listening Progress

Install Audiobookshelf with local database storage, durable metadata, working playback and listening progress, and a tested recovery process.

Deploy Navidrome with correct UID permissions, read-only music, durable application data, verified clients, and independent backups.

Deploy Jellyfin with Compose, correct config and media mounts, predictable permissions, optional GPU acceleration, and safe backups.

Choose between private VPN access and a public HTTPS reverse proxy for Jellyfin, then test the path safely from another network.

Deploy Plex with durable metadata, deliberate networking, optional hardware transcoding, and a tested backup and rollback path.

Deploy Frigate with durable recordings, deliberate camera and detector choices, safe ports, backups, and a reversible update path.

Run Radarr for an authorized movie library with consistent paths, predictable permissions, recoverable configuration, and reliable imports.

Run Sonarr for an authorized television library with honest image support boundaries, consistent paths, backups, and reversible updates.