Sonarr icon randomly drops out at an inopportune moment. Maybe it’s shy.
What is QBitTorrent, and how is it different from BitTorrent? Please explain like I’m a boomer.
I think they are just different clients that perform the same function. I’ve never used Bittorrent; I went from Napster>Limewire>Transmission>deluge>qBittorrent
If someone wanted to dip their tires in the water of the *-arr stack, what would be some good first steps? Just to get started?
(Not asking for me, of course! Asking for my neighbor’s first cousin’s friend. He has been experimenting with dumping his DVDs and CDs to a hard drive.)
My friend has a VPN and runs them on his desktop Mac. He’s considering running on an old laptop or some other dedicated device
- VPN is a must.
- qbittorrent bound to the VPNs virtual network device.
- Prowlarr is enough to get started. Add some public trackers.
Then, Sonarr and Radarr for show and movie automation. Once you’re hooked, you’ll figure out the rest.
Just wanted to emphasize that the VPN is only necessary for the torrent client.
It also makes sense to run everything in containers and setup gluetun or something similar with a VPN and then point the torrent client container to the gluetun container. That way your ip can’t leak once the VPN connection fails.
The arrs shouldn’t be run through a VPN. Just have them in containers. That way the communication only takes place within the container network.
If you’re using usenet, SSL is sufficient. No need for a VPN really.
My neighbour’s sister’s dog started with an old PC and https://wiki.servarr.com/ or so he says…
That Trash guide is super helpful for my cousin’s neighbor’s dog-groomer’s friend!
Thanks!
