Use your seedbox as the download client in Sonarr, Radarr or Lidarr
Yes — your seedbox can be the download client for Sonarr, Radarr and Lidarr. There are two ways in: one that wires itself up, and one where you do it by hand.
Both routes need your own seedbox, so neither is available on the Free plan (it shares a seedbox instance). The manual route additionally needs Remote Access on your plan — every current plan (Nano, Basic, Krypher, Voltrix) includes it, but a few older download-only tiers don't. If that's you, Autopilot still works — see the note at the end of the manual section.
The easy way: TV & Movies Autopilot
If what you want is "new episodes and films land in my drive by themselves", don't wire anything up — use the workflow that does it for you.
Go to Apps in the sidebar, then the Workflows tab, and click TV & Movies Autopilot. The detail panel lists what it installs and checks your plan and slots before you commit.
It installs Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr — already pointed at your seedbox as their download client, and already wired to indexers through Prowlarr. There's no download-client dialog to fill in: no host, no port, no path, no password. Once it's done the panel reads Set up and ready.
Follow a show and every new episode is found, grabbed and delivered. In My Drive you'll see two new folders at the top level — tv for episodes and movies for films. You can drive it from chat ("subscribe me to Severance in 1080p") or open Sonarr and Radarr from Apps → My Apps for full control.
Autopilot uses three basic app slots — one each for Sonarr, Radarr and Prowlarr. The detail panel tells you up front how many you have free, and warns you if any of the three would spill onto a coin-billed slot. On the smaller plans (Nano and similar, which include exactly three basic slots) Autopilot will use all of them.
The manual way: rTorrent over XML-RPC
Running your own arr setup, or adding Lidarr? Connect it to rTorrent — that's the client your seedbox runs, and the only one we support.
Open your avatar menu (top-right) → Settings → Seedbox and scroll to the RPC section. It lists your Username, Password, Host / URL, Port, Server Type and XML-RPC Path / SCGI Mount Point, with copy buttons.
In Sonarr, Radarr or Lidarr go to Settings → Download Clients → + → rTorrent and enter:
- Host — the Host / URL from the RPC section (it looks like
ftp12.sonicb.it). - Port — 443.
- Use SSL — on.
- Url Path — your mount point without the leading slash: if the dashboard shows
/USER_12345, enterUSER_12345. Replace theRPC2the field starts with. - Username / Password — your Remote Access username and password (see the next step).
Then click Test. A green tick means you're done — Save.
The two things that catch everyone out. First, drop the leading slash on the Url Path — the dashboard displays it as /USER_12345 because that's the path on the server, but Sonarr builds the address itself and a pasted slash gives it a broken one. Second, the Port field in the dashboard shows 80 — that's the plain unencrypted port. Use 443 with Use SSL on; that's what our own Autopilot uses. (If SSL won't connect, port 80 with Use SSL off works too, but your password then crosses the network in the clear.)
The RPC password is your Remote Access password — the same one FTP and SFTP use — not your dashboard login. Set or change it in Settings → Remote Access, then use the new one. See Connect over FTP or SFTP.
On an older download-only plan? If the RPC section shows an upgrade notice instead of your details, your plan doesn't include Remote Access, so the manual route isn't open to you. TV & Movies Autopilot above still is — it wires the connection for you server-side. Otherwise, moving to a current plan from the Upgrade screen restores the manual route.
rTorrent is the only download client. Transmission and uTorrent aren't supported on our platform at all, and qBittorrent and Deluge are not currently installable from the App Store. If a guide — ours included — points you at one of those as the download client for a SonicBit seedbox, it's out of date. Sonarr, Radarr, Lidarr, Prowlarr and Jackett are all in Apps → App Store, and all four arr apps use a basic slot.
"Unable to connect to rTorrent"
Work through these in order:
- Check the Url Path first. This is the usual culprit. It must be
USER_<your id>with no leading slash, copied from Settings → Seedbox → RPC — it's specific to your account and it is never theRPC2default your client suggests. - Check Port and Use SSL. 443 + Use SSL on, not the 80 shown in the panel.
- The password isn't the one you think. Remote Access, not dashboard — see above.
- The RPC section says you need to upgrade. Your plan doesn't include Remote Access; use Autopilot instead, or upgrade.
- Your seedbox is down. Nothing will connect to a stopped engine — check My seedbox is down or won't restart.
Still refusing after all that? Contact support with the app you're connecting from and the exact error it shows — and if you just want the thing to work, say so, and we'll point you at Autopilot instead.
Already connected but hitting a login or key problem inside the app? That's a different fix: Sonarr / Radarr login and "API Key Rejected".