---
type: reference
title: Lidarr
description: Lidarr music manager in the *arr stack on FrankBook-Pro — live quadlet deployment, ports, volumes, and wiring facts.
tags: [lidarr, arr-stack, frankbook-pro]
timestamp: 2026-09-03T00:00:00Z
---

# Lidarr

Lidarr manages music albums in the *arr stack. The stack runs on
**FrankBook-Pro** (the Mac mini) as quadlet units inside its podman machine —
not on Dankserver. It searches, downloads, and organizes albums from indexers
into the Jellyfin music library.

**Host:** FrankBook-Pro (podman machine) — **Access:** direct port `8686` (no reverse-proxy vhost; the *arr stack is exempt by construction from the Anubis guard chain) — **Docs:** https://wiki.servarr.com/lidarr

## Facts

| Item | Value |
|------|-------|
| Image | `lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest` |
| Port | 8686 (host) → 8686 (container) |
| Env | `PUID=0`, `PGID=0`, `TZ=America/Los_Angeles`, `UMASK_SET=022` |
| Config root | `/Volumes/COMPLETE/lidarr-data:/config` |
| Min RAM | 256 MB |
| Metadata | MusicBrainz |

## Deployment (current)

Quadlet unit `lidarr.container` from this repo (`frankbook-pro/lidarr/quadlet/`)
is installed inside the podman machine at
`/home/core/.config/containers/systemd/lidarr.service` by the frankbook-pro
handler in `scripts/deploy-remote.sh`. Unit shape:

```ini
[Container]
ContainerName=lidarr
Image=lscr.io/linuxserver/lidarr:latest
Environment=PUID=0
Environment=PGID=0
Environment=TZ=America/Los_Angeles
Environment=UMASK_SET=022
Volume=/Volumes/COMPLETE/lidarr-data:/config
PublishPort=8686:8686

[Service]
TimeoutStartSec=900
Restart=always
```

## Configuration

1. Add Prowlarr as the indexer source (prefer torrent-based indexers for FLAC —
   the Nyaa feed carries music categories; see [[Prowlarr]]).
2. Add qBittorrent as the download client with the `music` category ([[qBittorrent]]).
3. Set quality profile (Lossless → High Bitrate → Standard).
4. Set the root folder to the music root under the COMPLETE volume.
5. Add artists and verify downloads.

## Gotchas

- Album variants: Lidarr supports multiple releases of the same album (vinyl vs CD). Use "Preferred" and "Cutoff" quality profiles.
- Music videos can be optionally downloaded separately from albums.

## See Also

- [[ARR-Stack]] — full *arr stack documentation
- [[Jellyfin]] — media server that consumes Lidarr downloads