Chris Masters

Some helpful tips on how to install and configure Plex and Transmission with a Synology NAS.

Adding Transmission using the Portainer interface

Follow the guide outlined here, but with some customised values

version: "3.9"
services:
  transmission:
    container_name: Transmission
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/transmission:4.0.5
    mem_limit: 4g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    restart: on-failure:5
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413/udp
      - 51413:51413
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/data:/config:rw
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/downloads:/downloads:rw
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/watch:/watch:rw
      - /volume1/Media/Movies:/movies:rw
      - /volume1/Media/TV Series:/tv:rw
    environment:
     USER: chris
     PASS: ********
     TZ: Europe/Paris
     PUID: 1026
     PGID: 100

version: "3.9"
services:
  transmission:
    container_name: Transmission
    image: ghcr.io/linuxserver/transmission:4.0.5
    mem_limit: 4g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    restart: on-failure:5
    ports:
      - 9091:9091
      - 51413:51413/udp
      - 51413:51413
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/data:/config:rw
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/downloads:/downloads:rw
      - /volume1/docker/transmission/watch:/watch:rw
      - /volume1/Media/Movies:/movies:rw
      - /volume1/Media/TV Series:/tv:rw
    environment:
     USER: chris
     PASS: ********
     TZ: Europe/Paris
     PUID: 1026
     PGID: 100

Note: need to update PASS here to the password you used.

Note: the reason for using the 4.0.5 version of transmission is due to it currently being blacklisted by some trackers.

Using transmission

Transmission is available now at http://nas:9091/

The network drives are mapped to /movies and /tv.

For example, if there is a directory on the network drive Media/TV Series/Ridley/Season 2 then /tv/Ridley/Season 2 will map correctly.