Synology

Change IP

Control panel -> (connectivity) Network -> tab network interface -> select LAN and click Edit.

Enable SSH

Control panel -> (System) Terminal & SNMP enable SSH

Control panel -> (connectivity) Security -> Firewall tab -> create a rule for SSH (encrypted terminal services), enable and save

for root login as admin and then sudo sh

(you can then log in to the machine using user root and the default admin password)

to enable your users to access the terminal vi /etc/passwd and change /sbin/nologin to /bin/ash

Prepare for rsync

NB the synology can only push rsync files, it can not be set up to pull files from a remote rsync server.

Control panel -> (file sharing) Shared Folder -> create folder to back up to. Give the user you want to rsync to Read/Write access

Start (top left) -> Backup & replication -> backup services -> enable network backup service

Start (top left) -> Backup & replication -> Backup Destination -> create Local Backup destination -> backup up data to local shared folder -> the name you put in there will be the module name or the path you can use later.

then add the section in /etc/rsyncd.conf changing only the path and comment values (of course under the module name)

restart rsync with

/usr/syno/etc/rc.sysv/S84rsyncd.sh restart

If you don't do this, it will rsync everything without the user name for some reason

Netgear ReadyNas Ultra setup for rsync to Synology

in the /admin interface first

Services -> Standard File Protocols -> ensure Rsync is enabled

Shares -> share listing -> click on rsync icon. scroll up and change default access to 'read only'. Set hosts allowed access to ip of synology (192.168.0.101). Fill in the username and password!

Backup -> Add a new backup job

If you don't fill in the path above it will copy the whole share. If you browse the share you can select a subdir to copy.

Note that the Path needs to be EMPTY before pressing the 'Test connection' button. It will sometimes work if you fill in NetBackup but you're best off doing the test empty, then typing in the path and then apply bottom right to test the backup job.

useful linkies

Readynas rsync howto PDF

synology rsync tutorial

small netbuilder tutorial

indexing media files

If you rsync files into the /volume1/photo or /volume1/video directories the system does not index them. They need to be copied in using windows or the internal file manager to index them automatically.

In control panel -> Media library you can re-index the files in the photo directory.

In the video station itself under collection -> settings you can re-index.

As you can't set /video/ as a directory to use in the video station, you have to set a symbolic link from /volume1/video/movie to wherever you want to have your directories.

Warning: indexing can take DAYS!

Converting media files

Photo station converts your videos to flv as standard and to mp4 if you have conversion for mobile devices set to on under control panel -> indexing service.

It will also convert your image files to thumbnails as standard.

This can take a few days or even weeks if you upload a lot of new stuff.

To speed the photo thumbnail generation up you can do the following:

/usr/syno/etc.defaults/thumb.conf

• changed the quality of thumbs to 70%
• divided by 2 all the thumbs size
• change the XL thumb size to 400 pixels

[1]

To view the status of the conversion, in /var/spool there are the following files

conv_progress_photo 
conv_progress_photo.pT5Pu5  
conv_progress_video  
conv_progress_video.CpHdpS  
flv_create.queue  
flv_create.queue.tmp  
thumb_create.queue  
thumb_create.queue.tmp  

or

  ps -ef | grep thumb

To see the status of the converter

  sudo synoservicecfg --status synomkthumbd

[2]

Preparing ReadyNAS for rsync towards it

Ensure in Shares that the rsync is enabled on at least one share. Ensure the host you are coming from is allowed and that there is a username / password for it.

Symbolic links

Windows can't handle symbolic links on the synology, so you have to mount directories with

mount -o bind /volume1/sourcedir /volume1/destdir

as root

and then copy the mount command to /etc/rc.local to make it stick after a reboot

prepare the windows machine for Picasa

SSH to the synology, log in as root

mkdir /volume1/photo/Pictures
mount -o bind /volume1/photo/ /volume1/photo/Pictures

edit /etc/rc.local

insert the mount command above into the file - this is for when the synology restarts

in windows explorer map \\invader\photo to T:

Picasa database file locations

There are 2 directories in % %LocalAppData%\Google\ which is the same as C:\Users\razor\AppData\Local\Google\

Copy them over before running Picasa for the first time.

NFS

First make sure in Control Panel -> File Services that NFS is enabled.

Then in Control Panel -> File Sharing -> Edit the share -> create NFS Permissions. You should only have to change the IP/Hostname field.

see here

CIFS

sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.0.101/home/ ~/xx/ -o username=razor,uid=razor,gid=users

To find the NAS on linux with netbios

You have to enable the bonjour service on the NAS

Control Panel -> File services -> Enable AFP service, then in Advanced tab -> also enable

The linux machine needs avahi running. Check using

  sudo service avahi-daemon status

DLNA

The video players such as a TV (eg on an LG TV under "photos and videos" app) that play directly from the NAS use DLNA. The synology (or DLNA server) creates a database which the player reads.

The settings for the Media Server / DNLA can be found under the synology start menu -> media server. It is quite possible that Synology decides it doesn't like your player much and gives it a device type which it's not happy with. Under DMA Compatibility -> Device List you can change the profile to Default profile, which may help.

If the database is somehow damaged, you can rebuild it under control panel -> indexing service and then click re-index. This can take days!

To check the status of the rebuild, ssh in (using admin / pw, then sudo su) and you can check to see what's being rebuilt by issuing

  ls -l /proc/$(pidof synomkthumbd)/fd

To monitor what's happening over some time do (nb it will take some time before you see anything appear!)

   while sleep 30; do ls -l /proc/$(pidof synomkthumbd)/fd | grep volume; done

from mcleanit.ca

If the indexing service seems frozen then restart it with

  synoservicectl --restart synoindexd

More info

How to back up data on Synology NAS to another server this should also work for a synology nas to another synology nas

backup via internet NL forum link, aldus deze pagina, poorten:

Network Backup: 873 TCP

Encrypted Network Backup: 873, 22 TCP

backup nas via rsync

How to encrypt shared folders on Synology NAS (uses AES, untick auto mount for stealing, but need to input passd on reboot via web interface)

How to make Synology NAS accessible via the Internet

How to secure your Synology NAS server on the Internet

Reports

In the Storage Analyzer settings you can set and see where the Synology saves reports. For some reason the Synology saves old reports you have deleted and so you can't create new reports with the same name without deleting the old files:

When you create a report task, a dedicated folder for this report will be automatically created under the destination folder that you have designated as the storage location for reports. When you delete a report task from the list on Storage Analyzer's homepage, you delete the report's profile only, while its folder still exists. To delete the report's own folder, please go to the designated destination folder > synoreport, and delete the folder with the same name as the report.

Moments

https://www.synology.com/en-global/knowledgebase/DSM/help/SynologyMoments/moments_share_and_search

Enable Shared Photo Library

Shared Photo Library allows you and users with permissions to collaboratively edit the photos and albums in Moments. Please note that only users belonging to the administrative groups can enable this feature.
To enable Shared Photo Library:

    Click the Account icon on the bottom-left corner and select Settings > Shared Photo Library > Enable Shared Photo Library.
    Click Next to confirm and enable Shared Photo Library.
    Select users to grant them the permissions to access Shared Photo Library.
    Click OK to finish. Now you can switch between My Photo Library and Shared Photo Library.

Note:

    The shared folder named /photo is the default path for Shared Photo Library.
    If you have already installed Photo Station, the photos in Photo Station can be displayed after the source of photos is switched to Shared Photo Library in Moments. Please note that the converted thumbnails in Photo Station will not be processed again.
    After Shared Photo Library is enabled, the Photo Station settings such as album permission, conversion rule, or other downloading settings will not migrate to or be inherited by Moments.

Surveillance Station

Timelapse

Using Action Rules

Using ffmpeg video stitching with a useful note on getting rid of audio if you're using setpts in ffmpeg

Using Smart Time Lapse which converts videos

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