May 2, 2023

How to Install Minecraft Bedrock on Your Synology NAS

Minecraft is a game where players place blocks and go on adventures. This includes anything from crafting simple items like containers or weapons, to building structures like houses, castles, and cities, or even making complex mechanical-devices, all within the game’s world. Minecraft Bedrock servers allow players to play online or via a local area network ... Read more about How to Install Minecraft Bedrock on Your Synology NAS
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May 1, 2023

Plex in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2 (No Hardware Transcoding)

In this guide I am going to take you through the setup of Plex in Container Manager. The version of this guide you follow will depend on whether you want hardware transcoding, this is available to Plex Pass holders and requires your Synology CPU to have Intel Quick Sync capabilities. Generally, if you are only using Plex at home with devices that can direct play your media you likely won’t need...

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May 1, 2023

Plex in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2 (Hardware Transcoding)

In this guide I am going to take you through the setup of Plex in Docker using Container Manager. You will only benefit from hardware transcoding if you have an active Plex Pass either monthly or lifetime. If you don’t have one you can either follow this guide or jump over to the non hardware transcoding version. Before we do anything else, you need to make sure your model of Synology has hardware...

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April 30, 2023

Jellyfin in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2 (No Hardware Transcoding)

In this guide I am going to take you through the setup of Jellyfin in Container Manager. Please note this guide is for anyone that does not have Hardware Transcode abilities on their NAS. You can see the other guide for those that do. As usual, it’s important you complete the three preceding guides which will get your folder structure, docker user and bridge network setup. Open up Docker within...

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April 30, 2023

Jellyfin in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2 (Hardware Transcoding)

In this guide I am going to take you through the setup of Jellyfin in Container Manager using Docker Compose. Before we do anything else, you need to make sure your model of Synology has hardware transcoding capabilities. You need to do a quick lookup via the linked Google Sheet below, this is updated by Plex however it’s perfectly relevant for Jellyfin. If you find that your model does not...

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April 30, 2023

Watchtower – Automated Updates in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2

Watchtower requires access to the Docker socket, we are unable to set this up via the Synology GUI. This means we will be using Docker-Compose. We will be setting up Watchtower using the Project functionality in Container Manager. This uses a compose file to tell Docker how to set up the container and also define some preferences. Let’s start by getting a couple of folders set up for the container...

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April 29, 2023

Synology: Install IPFS With Portainer

My previous guide for IPFS involved the use of Task Scheduler and the IPFS linuxserver image that is now deprecated. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest IPFS version via Portainer. The Interplanetary File System “IPFS” is a distributed file storage protocol that allows computers all over the globe to store ... Read more about Synology: Install IPFS With Portainer
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