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Backup vs Sync explained: best practices for updating and protecting your Docker ecosystem

Backup vs Sync explained: best practices for updating and protecting your Docker ecosystem

If you've spent any time following the various guides on this (or any other similar) site, chances are you've got a number of containerized services up and running, including some pretty importatnt databases. Some of you may be happily living life, but others are starting to

Habitica works on your Synology NAS - a simple docker setup to get your containers running

Docker + Habitica = Winning at Life

Habitica is a tool designed to give you maximum enjoyment from doing those things that you, well, don't necessarily enjoy. It helps you set up goals which reward you in-game, and is playable with friends and family. I'm not going to go through the actual mechanics

Migrating Docker to a different volume, keeping your data intact

Moving the Docker package from one volume to another on Synology

There's a lot of info out there about moving docker from one volume to another. Almost all of it unfortunately is for systems which differ from DSM, and although still Linux, do have some significant changes. The below will run through how to move the package across volumes,

Speed up your DS920+, 720+ or 420+ Synology NAS with an M.2 SSD Volume

Boost your system speed by creating an SSD volume on a Synology 920+ using NVMe slots

With the new x23 models being delivered, a lot of chat has started up again surrounding the NVMe slots on Synology Diskstations. Until now, the only official way to use these slots was as a read or read/write cache, not always something that was a) desired b) needed or

self hosting your whatsapp replacement with synapse / matrix, element and your reverse proxy, all in docker

Docker + Synapse + Element = your own, scalable selfhosted messaging service, and it works on your Synology NAS!

For those of us looking to move away from centralized messaging services such as WhatsApp, hosting our own versions is attractive. Enter Synapse/Matrix, and a whole host of ready-made clients you can use, safe in the knowledge that your messages aren't going anywhere except between you and

Broken Indexing on Synology Photos in DSM 7

Broken Indexing on Synology Photos in DSM 7

After recently upgrading to DSM 7 following a Mode-2 reset, I decided to give their new Synology Photos app a try. If you're unaware, this single app now replaces both PhotoStation and Moments, has built in recognition for objects and faces, and has both an Android and iOS

Getting the most out of your Synology DiskStation NAS (network attached storage device)

Synology Tools

Synology is sometimes treated like it's simply another regular Linux distro, but that's not accurate. There are certain packages and options available to Debian etc. that are either not common, or just not possible on Synology. Below are some lesser known ways to get access to

The Swap File

I can't stress this enough - you really, really shouldn't be messing with your swap file! But I know that people will. And people don't always just want to restart their system to start with an empty swap file every X days or hours.

Finding your Synology Logs

Finding your Synology Logs

The Synology logs can be found in a few ways, and each way provides varying levels of detail. Two of these methods are only usable via the DSM gui. Non-DSM SSH You can SSH in to your machine and navigate to /var/logs which will list out your whole log

How to migrate Plex from Synology to Docker while keeping your metadata and watched stats

Migrating Plex

...From Synology to Docker 💡UPDATE: This post was written in the early days of DSM 7, however the methods for migrating your PMS to docker (or even docker to docker) are still the same Given the challenges the Plex team has faced in delivering a stable native Synology package from

Using SSH on Linux or Synology, using a terminal or CLI like Putty or Powershell

Using SSH

...to manage your Synology box. SSH is a great tool for remotely accessing a basic file and command system for your machine, and while it can look a little daunting (there's no slick GUI to help you out) it's easy enough to learn, and in some