Monitoring Plex Media Server activity is a must for home media enthusiasts and administrators. Tautulli provides a rich web interface to track Plex activity, receive notifications, and generate reports. Running it inside a Docker container on your Synology NAS makes setup and management simple and reliable.

In this blog post, we will walk through installing and configuring Tautulli on a Synology NAS using Docker (or Container Manager).

• Overview
• Step 1: Install Container Manager (or Docker)
• Step 2: Create Configuration Folder
• Step 3: Set Up Install Task
• Step 4: Run the Install Task
• Step 5: Access Tautulli
• Notes & Troubleshooting
• Conclusion

Overview

Tautulli is a web app for monitoring Plex Media Server activity. This guide walks you through installing Tautulli as a Docker container (or Container Manager) on your Synology NAS for easy monitoring and notifications.

Step 1: Install Container Manager (or Docker)

• DSM 7+: Go to Package Center → Install Container Manager
• DSM < 7.2: Install Docker

Step 2: Create Configuration Folder

1. Open File Station
2. Navigate to /docker folder
3. Create a new folder named tautulli (lowercase)

Ensure correct permissions for Docker to write to this folder:

sudo chown -R 1026:100 /volume1/docker/tautulli
sudo chmod -R 775 /volume1/docker/tautulli

1026 and 100 correspond to your Synology Docker user (adjust if needed). Run the id command via SSH to confirm your user’s UID and GID.

Step 3: Set Up Install Task

1. Go to Control Panel → Task Scheduler → Create → User-defined script
2. Name the task (e.g., Install Tautulli)
3. Run as root, schedule as “Do not repeat”
4. Email = youremail@yourdomain.com
5. Paste the script below (edit to match YOUR UID, GID, and timezone):

docker run -d --name=tautulli   -e PUID=1026   -e PGID=100   -e TZ=America/New_York   -v /volume1/docker/tautulli:/config   -v /volume1/Data/Plex:/volume1/Data/Plex   --network host   --restart always   ghcr.io/linuxserver/tautulli:latest

Step 4: Run the Install Task

• Confirm the password prompt
• Locate the task in Task Scheduler and click Run

Step 5: Access Tautulli

• Open a browser and go to: **http://:8181**
• Complete the setup wizard

Notes & Troubleshooting

• If you run into permissions issues, add SYSTEM with read/write permissions to the config folder and apply recursively.
• To map your Plex library directly, re-run the Docker command with an additional volume mount:

-v /volume1/plex/library:/volume1/plex/library

Conclusion

Setting up Tautulli inside Docker on Synology NAS ensures an efficient, isolated, and easily managed way to monitor Plex Media Server activity. With the steps above, you can quickly deploy and configure Tautulli to track usage, generate insights, and receive alerts about your media streaming environment.

📝 For more information about this Tautulli, please review its Github Page.