Tomusm/docker-filebot

Docker container for FileBot

Docker container for FileBot

This is a Docker container for FileBot.

The GUI of the application is accessed through a modern web browser (no installation or configuration needed on the client side) or via any VNC client.

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FileBot is the ultimate tool for organizing and renaming your movies, tv shows or anime, and music well as downloading subtitles and artwork. It's smart and just works.

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Table of Content

• Docker container for FileBot
  • Table of Content
  • Quick Start
  • Usage
    • Environment Variables
    • Data Volumes
    • Ports
    • Changing Parameters of a Running Container
  • Docker Compose File
  • Docker Image Update
    • Synology
    • unRAID
  • User/Group IDs
  • Accessing the GUI
  • Security
    • SSVNC
    • Certificates
    • VNC Password
  • Reverse Proxy
    • Routing Based on Hostname
    • Routing Based on URL Path
  • Shell Access
  • License
    • Installing a License
    • Donation Supported Version
  • Automated Media Center (AMC)
  • Support or Contact

Quick Start

NOTE: The Docker command provided in this quick start is given as an example and parameters should be adjusted to your need.

Launch the FileBot docker container with the following command:

docker run -d \
    --name=filebot \
    -p 5800:5800 \
    -v /docker/appdata/filebot:/config:rw \
    -v $HOME:/storage:rw \
    jlesage/filebot

Where:

• /docker/appdata/filebot: This is where the application stores its configuration, log and any files needing persistency.
• $HOME: This location contains files from your host that need to be accessible by the application.

Browse to http://your-host-ip:5800 to access the FileBot GUI. Files from the host appear under the /storage folder in the container.

Usage

docker run [-d] \
    --name=filebot \
    [-e <VARIABLE_NAME>=<VALUE>]... \
    [-v <HOST_DIR>:<CONTAINER_DIR>[:PERMISSIONS]]... \
    [-p <HOST_PORT>:<CONTAINER_PORT>]... \
    jlesage/filebot

Parameter	Description
-d	Run the container in the background. If not set, the container runs in the foreground.
-e	Pass an environment variable to the container. See the Environment Variables section for more details.
-v	Set a volume mapping (allows to share a folder/file between the host and the container). See the Data Volumes section for more details.
-p	Set a network port mapping (exposes an internal container port to the host). See the Ports section for more details.

Environment Variables

To customize some properties of the container, the following environment variables can be passed via the -e parameter (one for each variable). Value of this parameter has the format <VARIABLE_NAME>=<VALUE>.

Variable	Description	Default
USER_ID	ID of the user the application runs as. See User/Group IDs to better understand when this should be set.	1000
GROUP_ID	ID of the group the application runs as. See User/Group IDs to better understand when this should be set.	1000
SUP_GROUP_IDS	Comma-separated list of supplementary group IDs of the application.	(unset)
UMASK	Mask that controls how file permissions are set for newly created files. The value of the mask is in octal notation. By default, this variable is not set and the default umask of 022 is used, meaning that newly created files are readable by everyone, but only writable by the owner. See the following online umask calculator: http://wintelguy.com/umask-calc.pl	(unset)
TZ	TimeZone of the container. Timezone can also be set by mapping /etc/localtime between the host and the container.	Etc/UTC
KEEP_APP_RUNNING	When set to 1, the application will be automatically restarted if it crashes or if a user quits it.	0
APP_NICENESS	Priority at which the application should run. A niceness value of -20 is the highest priority and 19 is the lowest priority. By default, niceness is not set, meaning that the default niceness of 0 is used. NOTE: A negative niceness (priority increase) requires additional permissions. In this case, the container should be run with the docker option --cap-add=SYS_NICE.	(unset)
CLEAN_TMP_DIR	When set to 1, all files in the /tmp directory are deleted during the container startup.	1
DISPLAY_WIDTH	Width (in pixels) of the application's window.	1280
DISPLAY_HEIGHT	Height (in pixels) of the application's window.	768
SECURE_CONNECTION	When set to 1, an encrypted connection is used to access the application's GUI (either via a web browser or VNC client). See the Security section for more details.	0
VNC_PASSWORD	Password needed to connect to the application's GUI. See the VNC Password section for more details.	(unset)
X11VNC_EXTRA_OPTS	Extra options to pass to the x11vnc server running in the Docker container. WARNING: For advanced users. Do not use unless you know what you are doing.	(unset)
ENABLE_CJK_FONT	When set to 1, open-source computer font WenQuanYi Zen Hei is installed. This font contains a large range of Chinese/Japanese/Korean characters.	0
OPENSUBTITLES_USERNAME	Username of your OpenSubtitles account. Required to download subtitles.	(unset)
OPENSUBTITLES_PASSWORD	Password of your OpenSubtitles account. Required to download subtitles.	(unset)
FILEBOT_CUSTOM_OPTIONS	Custom arguments to pass to FileBot. This apply to the UI only.	(unset)
AMC_INTERVAL	Time (in seconds) between each invocation of the Automated Media Center (AMC) script.	1800
AMC_INPUT_STABLE_TIME	Time (in seconds) during which properties (e.g. size, time, etc) of files in the watch folder need to remain the same before invoking the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. This is to avoid processing the watch folder while files are being copied.	10
AMC_ACTION	Action performed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script on files. Valid values are test, copy, move, symlink, hardlink, keeplink, duplicate or clone. Use the test operation to perform a dry-run and verify that everything gets matched up correctly.	test
AMC_CONFLICT	Conflict resolution strategy used by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script: skip never overrides existing files, while auto overrides existing file only if new media is better.	auto
AMC_MATCH_MODE	Match mode used by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script: opportunistic mode works for all files regardless how badly they are named, while strict mode works for reasonably well-named files and ignore files that cannot be matched accurately. See Match Mode for complete documentation.	opportunistic
AMC_ARTWORK	When set to y, artwork is fetched and NFO file is generated by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script.	n
AMC_MUSIC_FORMAT	Define how music files are renamed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. Filebot supports a very powerful naming scheme. See Format Expressions for complete documentation.	{plex}
AMC_MOVIE_FORMAT	Define how movie files are renamed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. Filebot supports a very powerful naming scheme. See Format Expressions for complete documentation.	{plex}
AMC_SERIES_FORMAT	Define how TV series files are renamed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. Filebot supports a very powerful naming scheme. See Format Expressions for complete documentation.	{plex}
AMC_ANIME_FORMAT	Define how anime files are renamed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. Filebot supports a very powerful naming scheme. See Format Expressions for complete documentation.	{plex}
AMC_PROCESS_MUSIC	When set to y, music files are processed by the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. A value of n does not process them.	y
AMC_SUBTITLE_LANG	Comma-separated list of subtitle languages to download. Example: en,de,fr.	(unset)
AMC_CUSTOM_OPTIONS	Custom arguments to pass to the Automated Media Center (AMC) script.	(unset)
AMC_INPUT_DIR	Directory inside the container used as the input folder of the Automated Media Center (AMC) script.	/watch
AMC_OUTPUT_DIR	Directory inside the container used as the output folder of the Automated Media Center (AMC) script.	/output
AMC_INSTALL_PKGS	Space-separated list of Alpine Linux packages to install. This is useful when the Automated Media Center (AMC) script is configured to invoke a user-defined script that requires tools not available in the container image. See https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=&branch=v3.9&arch=x86_64 for the list of available Alpine Linux packages.	(unset)

Data Volumes

The following table describes data volumes used by the container. The mappings are set via the -v parameter. Each mapping is specified with the following format: <HOST_DIR>:<CONTAINER_DIR>[:PERMISSIONS].

Container path	Permissions	Description
/config	rw	This is where the application stores its configuration, log and any files needing persistency.
/storage	rw	This location contains files from your host that need to be accessible by the application.
/watch	rw	This is the input folder of the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. Any media copied to this folder will be processed by the script. Note that there is no need to map this folder if the script is not used.
/output	rw	This is the output folder of the Automated Media Center (AMC) script. This is where medias are located once they are renamed and organized. Note that there is no need to map this folder if the script is not used.

Ports

Here is the list of ports used by the container. They can be mapped to the host via the -p parameter (one per port mapping). Each mapping is defined in the following format: <HOST_PORT>:<CONTAINER_PORT>. The port number inside the container cannot be changed, but you are free to use any port on the host side.

Port	Mapping to host	Description
5800	Mandatory	Port used to access the application's GUI via the web interface.
5900	Optional	Port used to access the application's GUI via the VNC protocol. Optional if no VNC client is used.

Changing Parameters of a Running Container

As seen, environment variables, volume mappings and port mappings are specified while creating the container.

The following steps describe the method used to add, remove or update parameter(s) of an existing container. The generic idea is to destroy and re-create the container:

1. Stop the container (if it is running):

docker stop filebot

2. Remove the container:

docker rm filebot

3. Create/start the container using the docker run command, by adjusting parameters as needed.

NOTE: Since all application's data is saved under the /config container folder, destroying and re-creating a container is not a problem: nothing is lost and the application comes back with the same state (as long as the mapping of the /config folder remains the same).

Docker Compose File

Here is an example of a docker-compose.yml file that can be used with Docker Compose.

Make sure to adjust according to your needs. Note that only mandatory network ports are part of the example.

version: '3'
services:
  filebot:
    image: jlesage/filebot
    build: .
    ports:
      - "5800:5800"
    volumes:
      - "/docker/appdata/filebot:/config:rw"
      - "$HOME:/storage:rw"

Docker Image Update

If the system on which the container runs doesn't provide a way to easily update the Docker image, the following steps can be followed:

1. Fetch the latest image:

docker pull jlesage/filebot

2. Stop the container:

docker stop filebot

3. Remove the container:

docker rm filebot

4. Start the container using the docker run command.

Synology

For owners of a Synology NAS, the following steps can be used to update a container image.

1. Open the Docker application.
2. Click on Registry in the left pane.
3. In the search bar, type the name of the container (jlesage/filebot).
4. Select the image, click Download and then choose the latest tag.
5. Wait for the download to complete. A notification will appear once done.
6. Click on Container in the left pane.
7. Select your FileBot container.
8. Stop it by clicking Action->Stop.
9. Clear the container by clicking Action->Clear. This removes the container while keeping its configuration.
10. Start the container again by clicking Action->Start. NOTE: The container may temporarily disappear from the list while it is re-created.

unRAID

For unRAID, a container image can be updated by following these steps:

1. Select the Docker tab.
2. Click the Check for Updates button at the bottom of the page.
3. Click the update ready link of the container to be updated.

User/Group IDs

When using data volumes (-v flags), permissions issues can occur between the host and the container. For example, the user within the container may not exists on the host. This could prevent the host from properly accessing files and folders on the shared volume.

To avoid any problem, you can specify the user the application should run as.

This is done by passing the user ID and group ID to the container via the USER_ID and GROUP_ID environment variables.

To find the right IDs to use, issue the following command on the host, with the user owning the data volume on the host:

id <username>

Which gives an output like this one:

uid=1000(myuser) gid=1000(myuser) groups=1000(myuser),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),46(plugdev),113(lpadmin)

The value of uid (user ID) and gid (group ID) are the ones that you should be given the container.

Accessing the GUI

Assuming that container's ports are mapped to the same host's ports, the graphical interface of the application can be accessed via:

• A web browser:

http://<HOST IP ADDR>:5800

• Any VNC client:

<HOST IP ADDR>:5900

Security

By default, access to the application's GUI is done over an unencrypted connection (HTTP or VNC).

Secure connection can be enabled via the SECURE_CONNECTION environment variable. See the Environment Variables section for more details on how to set an environment variable.

When enabled, application's GUI is performed over an HTTPs connection when accessed with a browser. All HTTP accesses are automatically redirected to HTTPs.

When using a VNC client, the VNC connection is performed over SSL. Note that few VNC clients support this method. SSVNC is one of them.

SSVNC

SSVNC is a VNC viewer that adds encryption security to VNC connections.

While the Linux version of SSVNC works well, the Windows version has some issues. At the time of writing, the latest version 1.0.30 is not functional, as a connection fails with the following error:

ReadExact: Socket error while reading

However, for your convenience, an unofficial and working version is provided here:

https://github.com/jlesage/docker-baseimage-gui/raw/master/tools/ssvnc_windows_only-1.0.30-r1.zip

The only difference with the official package is that the bundled version of stunnel has been upgraded to version 5.49, which fixes the connection problems.

Certificates

Here are the certificate files needed by the container. By default, when they are missing, self-signed certificates are generated and used. All files have PEM encoded, x509 certificates.

Container Path	Purpose	Content
/config/certs/vnc-server.pem	VNC connection encryption.	VNC server's private key and certificate, bundled with any root and intermediate certificates.
/config/certs/web-privkey.pem	HTTPs connection encryption.	Web server's private key.
/config/certs/web-fullchain.pem	HTTPs connection encryption.	Web server's certificate, bundled with any root and intermediate certificates.

NOTE: To prevent any certificate validity warnings/errors from the browser or VNC client, make sure to supply your own valid certificates.

NOTE: Certificate files are monitored and relevant daemons are automatically restarted when changes are detected.

VNC Password

To restrict access to your application, a password can be specified. This can be done via two methods:

• By using the VNC_PASSWORD environment variable.
• By creating a .vncpass_clear file at the root of the /config volume. This file should contain the password in clear-text. During the container startup, content of the file is obfuscated and moved to .vncpass.

The level of security provided by the VNC password depends on two things:

• The type of communication channel (encrypted/unencrypted).
• How secure the access to the host is.

When using a VNC password, it is highly desirable to enable the secure connection to prevent sending the password in clear over an unencrypted channel.

ATTENTION: Password is limited to 8 characters. This limitation comes from the Remote Framebuffer Protocol RFC (see section 7.2.2). Any characters beyond the limit are ignored.

Reverse Proxy

The following sections contain NGINX configurations that need to be added in order to reverse proxy to this container.

A reverse proxy server can route HTTP requests based on the hostname or the URL path.

Routing Based on Hostname

In this scenario, each hostname is routed to a different application/container.

For example, let's say the reverse proxy server is running on the same machine as this container. The server would proxy all HTTP requests sent to filebot.domain.tld to the container at 127.0.0.1:5800.

Here are the relevant configuration elements that would be added to the NGINX configuration:

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
	default upgrade;
	''      close;
}

upstream docker-filebot {
	# If the reverse proxy server is not running on the same machine as the
	# Docker container, use the IP of the Docker host here.
	# Make sure to adjust the port according to how port 5800 of the
	# container has been mapped on the host.
	server 127.0.0.1:5800;
}

server {
	[...]

	server_name filebot.domain.tld;

	location / {
	        proxy_pass http://docker-filebot;
	}

	location /websockify {
		proxy_pass http://docker-filebot;
		proxy_http_version 1.1;
		proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
		proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
		proxy_read_timeout 86400;
	}
}

Routing Based on URL Path

In this scenario, the hostname is the same, but different URL paths are used to route to different applications/containers.

For example, let's say the reverse proxy server is running on the same machine as this container. The server would proxy all HTTP requests for server.domain.tld/filebot to the container at 127.0.0.1:5800.

Here are the relevant configuration elements that would be added to the NGINX configuration:

map $http_upgrade $connection_upgrade {
	default upgrade;
	''      close;
}

upstream docker-filebot {
	# If the reverse proxy server is not running on the same machine as the
	# Docker container, use the IP of the Docker host here.
	# Make sure to adjust the port according to how port 5800 of the
	# container has been mapped on the host.
	server 127.0.0.1:5800;
}

server {
	[...]

	location = /filebot {return 301 $scheme://$http_host/filebot/;}
	location /filebot/ {
		proxy_pass http://docker-filebot/;
		location /filebot/websockify {
			proxy_pass http://docker-filebot/websockify/;
			proxy_http_version 1.1;
			proxy_set_header Upgrade $http_upgrade;
			proxy_set_header Connection $connection_upgrade;
			proxy_read_timeout 86400;
		}
	}
}

Shell Access

To get shell access to a the running container, execute the following command:

docker exec -ti CONTAINER sh

Where CONTAINER is the ID or the name of the container used during its creation (e.g. crashplan-pro).

License

FileBot supports a cross-platform custom license model, which means that a license can be purchased and then be used on all the buyer's machines.

While FileBot can be used/evaluated without a license, certain features, like renaming files, won't work without one.

A license can be purchased at https://www.filebot.net/purchase.html.

Installing a License

Once purchased, the license file received via email can be saved on the host, into the configuration directory of the container (i.e. in the directory mapped to /config).

Then, start or restart the container to have it automatically installed.

NOTE: The license file is expected to have a .psm extension.

Donation Supported Version

In the past, FileBot was donation supported, meaning that the author was expecting users to donate an arbitrary amount of money if they like and use the software.

The last version of FileBot supporting this model is 4.7.9. This version is implemented in container image version 1.0.2.

To revert to this version, create the container by using jlesage/filebot:v1.0.2 as the image name.

NOTE: While no license is required to use this version, it is no longer supported and maintained by the author of FileBot.

Automated Media Center (AMC)

This container supports the FileBot's Automated Media Center (AMC) script. This script automatically and smartly organizes movies, TV shows, anime and music.

Basically, files copied to the /watch container folder are automatically renamed and organized to the /output container folder.

Configuration of the AMC script is done via AMC_* environment variables. See the Environment Variables section for the list and descriptions of environment variables that can be set.

To see what the AMC script is doing, look at the container's log.

NOTE: By default, the script runs in dry mode, meaning that no change is performed. This allows you to verify that results produced by the script are correct. Then, the AMC_ACTION environment variable can be updated to perform changes to the file system.

NOTE: For the script to properly function, container folders /watch and /output must be properly mapped to the host. See the Data Volumes section.

Support or Contact

Having troubles with the container or have questions? Please create a new issue.

For other great Dockerized applications, see https://jlesage.github.io/docker-apps.