The first step consists in setting up a volume to store our media files and data required to run each component. To create a namespace, run the following command: 1 We are going to isolate all the Kubernetes objects related to the Media Center into the namespace media. Media Center/Player: Plex (server/player) will allow us to make our Media resources accessible from anywhere.It searches, launches downloads and renames files when they go out TV Show/Movie Media Management: We’ll use Sonarr and Radarr to automate the media aggregation.Downloaders: Transmission is a BitTorrent client to download the files.

Torrent Proxy: Jackett is a Torrent Providers Aggregator tool helping to find efficiently BitTorent files over the web.Persistence: A dedicated volume on the SSD to store the data and files.The Media Center will be composed of the following components: In the next article of this series, we will learn how to install and configure a Media Center onto our Kubernetes platform to automate the media aggregation and management and play our Media files.

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