Synology

Intro After having my Synology volume crash out of the blue I came to some realizations that having a fragmented setup that evolved with me is unwise and creates many different points of failure. It dawned on me that I’ve been running my homelab in a degraded state for 3 weeks…

In last few years, I have used Synology NAS as my primary NAS for home usage as also as the second spare storage for data replication. Accidentally, I have been in a situation that VMM was not functional on the second NAS where I run a few VMs. The data…

There are may ways to get Portainer up and running on a Synology NAS Device. This one is easy, needs no SSH console and provides optional automated updates. — Introduction Most descriptions on the internet on how to extend the docker container support on Synology devices, have two downsides: You have to use an SSH connection for installing Portainer. There is no information about how to easily update Portainer.

I have not been productive. I have had many many terabytes of data nearly destroyed have narrowed dodged some catastrophic failures. Backup your data. This is a suggestion to you and a reminder to me about the importance of backups. Backup your data. I’ve been for the most part living…

So you got a Synology NAS running DSM 7. It supports python but all you’re getting is “Internal server error”. No log. No output. No idea how to start debugging. You search for an alternative and found people using docker but your ARM-based NAS doesn’t support it. I’ll save you…

Preface Nowadays, Synology NAS is undoubtedly an appealing target. However, there are limited public information available about the security of Synology NAS. Previously, I spent some time researching Synology NAS and discovered some security issues. My research was even selected for presentation at the POC2019 and HITB2021AMS security conferences. In this…

NAS is a great device in many ways and I think everyone should have one. — I’m not going to write a long article on what a NAS is. Wikipedia describes it enough to get a feel for it, but those of you who already know it can skip it. Here is an explanation: A NAS unit is a computer connected to a network that provides…