Varken

Varken

Docker app from Bender's Repository

Overview

Varken requires influxdb and grafana. Deploy those containers first. Dutch for PIG. PIG is an Acronym for Plex/InfluxDB/Grafana Varken is a standalone command-line utility to aggregate data from the Plex ecosystem into InfluxDB. Examples use Grafana for a frontend You must edit the varken.ini file in /mnt/user/appdata/varken.

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Dutch for PIG. PIG is an Acronym for Plex/InfluxDB/Grafana

Varken is a standalone application to aggregate data from the Plex ecosystem into InfluxDB using Grafana for a frontend

Requirements:

Example Dashboarddashboard

Supported Modules:

  • Sonarr - Smart PVR for newsgroup and bittorrent users.
  • SickChill - SickChill is an automatic Video Library Manager for TV Shows.
  • Radarr - A fork of Sonarr to work with movies à la Couchpotato.
  • Tautulli - A Python based monitoring and tracking tool for Plex Media Server.
  • Ombi - Want a Movie or TV Show on Plex or Emby? Use Ombi!
  • Lidarr - Looks and smells like Sonarr but made for music.

Key features:

Installation Guides

Varken Installation guides can be found in the wiki.

Support

Please read Asking for Support before seeking support.

Click here for quick access to discord support. No app or account needed!

InfluxDB

InfluxDB Installation Documentation Note: Only v1.8.x is currently supported.

Influxdb is required but not packaged as part of Varken. Varken will create its database on its own. If you choose to give varken user permissions that do not include database creation, please ensure you create an influx database named varken

Grafana

Grafana Installation/Dashboard Documentation

Install Varken on Unraid in a few clicks.

Find Varken in Community Apps on your Unraid server, review the template, and click Install. Unraid handles the Docker app or plugin setup from the published template.

Open the Apps tab on your Unraid server Search Community Apps for Varken Review the template variables and paths Click Install

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Details

Repository
boerderij/varken
Last Updated2026-06-25
First Seen2019-03-13

Runtime arguments

Network
bridge
Shell
sh
Privileged
false

Template configuration

TimezoneVariable

Container Variable: TZ

Target
TZ
Default
America/Denver
Value
America/Denver
configPathrw

Container Path: /config

Target
/config
Default
/mnt/user/appdata/varken
Value
/mnt/user/appdata/varken