Synology is a Taiwanese brand of a broad range of network-attached storage devices, network routers, and other appliances. You find all articles from other subcategories (Beginner, How-to, Tutorial, Sheet) grouped under this category.
This post is donation-ware. If it did help you, please consider leaving a comment or even buying me a coffee. I will be eternally grateful. Primary objective Create a service account to run a service on your Synology NAS. Secondary objective(s) When you create a service account, you improve the system’s safety and the service’s …
Using quota on Synology NAS is a very effective way to control who can store how much data on a specific volume or in a shared folder. Depending on the file systems of your volume, a Synology NAS offers different ways to set quota.
USB Copy lets copy files and folders between a DiskStation and a USB or SD storage device, in both directions. The DiskStation identifies the USB drive and can start a task assigned to that drive. A task can start automatically or manually from DSM or after pressing the hardware Copy button on specific NAS models.
Note Station is a note-taking and to-do list application that synchronizes your notes between your system. The NAS operates as the central hub for storage and synchronization plus a web-based client. You can use a dedicated app on your computer and mobile devices. When working offline, your notes are synchronized when you reconnect.
Synology Photos is a photo and video management application. It can operate in Personal Space or Shared Space.
Albums help to organize your images. Other features in Synology Photos are filtering, search, rating, and sharing.
Using VPN with Synology NAS teaches you to set up a VPN connection between a VPN client and a Synology NAS that hosts a VPN server. This instruction focuses on a VPN connection based on the OpenVPN standard, and this standard combines a good level of security with ease of installation.
The VPN Server package creates a VPN Server on your Synology DiskStation, and it allows VPN remote access into the DiskStation from any VPN client. The VPN Server supports PPTP, OpenVPN, and L2TP/IPSec connections.
Enable 2-factor authentication with a one-time password generator on your smartphone in both DSM 6 and DSM 7.
Running a WordPress website on your NAS includes maintenance. Learn about backup, installing another WordPress instance, and how to suspend, reset or uninstall WordPress.
