Operationalizing an Arr Stack: Health Invariants and Stateful Alerting
Turning stack assumptions into executable health invariants, authenticated management checks, stateful DOWN/RECOVERED alerting, and an external dead-man monitor.
Lab Notes
Experiments, troubleshooting notes, tests, and things worth remembering.
Hardening an Arr Stack: Defense in Depth from Torrent to Library
How I layered filename policy, queue enforcement, authoritative imports, safe canaries, and read-only media validation without pretending any one control makes downloads safe.
Building an Arr Stack: What Each Service Should Own
A practical way to structure a Docker media automation stack: clear service ownership, hardlink-friendly storage, and a deliberately small VPN failure domain.