Sonobarr Hosting Live In 5 Minutes

Discover new artists from your Lidarr library and Last.fm, and send the ones you pick straight to Lidarr with your root folder and quality profiles. xCloud configures the pinned Sonobarr 0.13.0 image, a Caddy HTTPS gateway, the first administrator login and persistent storage in minutes.

Deploy your Sonobarr

No terminal
No technical skills needed
No lock-in, cancel anytime

From Sign-Up to Live Music Discovery In Just 3 Easy Steps

Self-hosting Sonobarr normally means a container, a reverse proxy, a generated admin account, an API key and a domain before a single artist is discovered. This is the same result without assembling any of it.

Step 01
Sign Up
Create your xCloud account and pick Sonobarr from the OneClick catalog. Choose a domain, and optionally change the administrator username — xCloud generates the password, session secret and API key.
Step 02
We Deploy It For You
One click. We bring up the pinned Sonobarr 0.13.0 image behind a digest-pinned Caddy gateway, generate the administrator account and API key, mount the persistent volume, and publish it over HTTPS on your domain.
Step 03
Connect Lidarr And Start Discovering
Open your HTTPS URL, sign in with the administrator account, then open Configuration and enter your Lidarr address and API key plus a Last.fm API key and secret to start a discovery session.

Everything Sonobarr Does, On Your Own Server

Sonobarr runs in full here — the same discovery, request and API tooling as any hosted companion app, on infrastructure you control.

Last.fm-Powered Discovery
Grow your Lidarr library with artists similar to the ones you already have, sourced from Last.fm.
Send Picks Straight To Lidarr
Send a picked artist to Lidarr with your root folder, quality and metadata profiles and monitoring options.
Shared Instance With Approvals
The administrator creates accounts; non-admins raise artist requests that an admin approves or rejects.
Optional Discovery Extras
YouTube or iTunes previews, ListenBrainz playlists, AI-assisted discovery with any OpenAI-compatible model, and OIDC single sign-on.
Key-Protected REST API
A REST API protected by a generated API key, for dashboards and other tools to read discovery data.
Settings That Survive A Restart
Users, artist requests and saved settings live in a persistent volume and come back exactly as you left them.

Everything You Need To Run Your Music Discovery 24/7

Managed hosting for Sonobarr, so the parts that keep it online are not your problem.

Sonobarr 0.13.0 deployed instantly
Digest-pinned Caddy HTTPS gateway
Administrator account generated for you
Key-protected REST API
Free SSL certificate
Server backups and snapshots
Server security updates included
30+ server locations
Unused balance refunded

Simple Pricing. Everything Included.

Dedicated Cloud VPS sizes, pre-configured for Sonobarr hosting. Pick the one that fits, and resize any time.

Cloud VPS 6 GB

Cloud VPS 16 GB

Sonobarr alongside Lidarr and other media apps.

$59.99per month

16 GB RAM
6 vCPU cores
200 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Cloud VPS 24 GB

Sonobarr alongside a whole self-hosted media stack.

$84.99per month

24 GB RAM
8 vCPU cores
300 GB NVMe SSD
30 TB
Unlimited

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Every size is a dedicated Cloud VPS we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Billed monthly with no lock-in — delete the server and the unused balance comes back to your account. Sonobarr itself is free under the MIT licence.

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Already Have a Server? Bring Your Own

Connect any VPS — DigitalOcean, Vultr, Linode, AWS, Hetzner or bare metal — and deploy Sonobarr on it through the same panel, for a per-server management fee instead of a Cloud VPS rental.

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The same platform, discounted at 6–10 servers.

$4per server / month

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Unlimited sites
All features included
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The same platform, discounted at 11+ servers.

$3per server / month

11+ servers
Unlimited sites
All features included
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Priced per connected server, so your rate adjusts automatically as you add or remove servers. You pay your own provider for the server itself.

Self-managed hosting

Ready To Grow Your Music Library?

Sonobarr on xCloud runs on a dedicated Cloud VPS that we provision, patch, monitor and restore. Deploy faster. Own the server. Stay in control.

Fast Provisioning
Deploy faster using an xCloud Managed Server built with optimized stacks and high-speed SSDs.
Enterprise-grade security
Protect your infrastructure with a free SSL certificate and more advanced security features at no additional cost.
Intuitive Control Panel
From Server creation to application deployment, everything can be managed from our intuitive control panel.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have.

What is Sonobarr?

Sonobarr is a self-hosted music discovery companion for Lidarr: it finds artists similar to your library using Last.fm and sends the ones you pick straight to Lidarr. This template deploys version 0.13.0.

Is Sonobarr free?

Yes — it is free and open source under the MIT licence. What you pay xCloud for is the dedicated server it runs on and the management around it, not the application itself.

Does it include Lidarr?

No. Sonobarr connects to your existing Lidarr over its HTTP API; enter its address and API key in Configuration after deploying.

What do I need to start discovering artists?

A reachable Lidarr instance with its API key, and a Last.fm API key and secret. YouTube, ListenBrainz and OpenAI-compatible keys are optional extras.

What does xCloud configure automatically?

The pinned Sonobarr image, a digest-pinned Caddy gateway for HTTPS, the administrator account, session secret and API key, and the persistent database volume.

How do I sign in the first time?

Use the administrator username and generated password from the installation credentials. There is no public sign-up; the administrator creates other users afterward in User management.

Can other people use my instance?

Yes. The administrator creates accounts, and regular users can raise artist requests that an admin approves or rejects, and can add their own Last.fm, YouTube or LLM keys.

What should I back up?

The sonobarr_config volume: it holds the SQLite database and the saved Lidarr, Last.fm and other settings.

Backups in xCloud

What are the server requirements?

The template manifest asks for 512 MB of RAM, 1 CPU core and 2 GB of disk as a floor. This page sells the 6 GB tier, comfortable headroom above that floor.

Can the administrator password be changed?

Yes. The install-form credentials apply on first boot only — change the password inside Sonobarr afterward, or set sonobarr_superadmin_reset to true and redeploy to reset it from the environment.

Is the API key something I should protect?

Yes. The API rejects requests without the generated key. Change it in the Environment editor and redeploy if you need to rotate it — a value set there overrides the matching Settings field on every start.

Is xCloud officially partnered with Sonobarr, Lidarr or Last.fm?

No. No official partnership or endorsement between xCloud and these projects has been verified. This is a deployment and server-management option for the open-source Sonobarr project.

Can I run other apps on the same server?

Yes. It is a dedicated Cloud VPS, not a locked appliance, so you can deploy other OneClick apps or your own sites beside it as long as the resources are there.

Can I cancel anytime?

Yes. There is no lock-in — cancel any time. Hosting is billed monthly and charged for what you actually use, so when you delete the server the unused balance is refunded to your account, less up to 10% in payment-processing fees.