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

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!

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

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

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