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May 8, 2025

How to Install Navidrome on Your UGREEN NAS

Navidrome allows you to enjoy your music collection from anywhere by making it available through a modern Web UI and through a wide range of third-party compatible mobile apps, for both iOS and Android devices. Navidrome is open source software distributed free of charge under the terms of the GNU GPL v3 license. Navidrome is ...
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May 7, 2025

How to Install DumbTerm on Your Synology NAS

DumbTerm is a simple, web-based terminal emulator that runs via Docker. It offers a clean interface with pre-installed tools like Starship, curl, git, vim, and htop, supporting efficient terminal access from any browser. Features include PIN protection, customizable Starship prompts, and CORS settings for secure deployment. Ideal for users seeking a lightweight, elegant terminal solution. ...
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May 6, 2025

How to Install iSpy on Your UGREEN NAS

ISpy Agent DVR is a super advanced Video Surveillance platform for Windows, macOS, Linux, Raspberry Pi and Docker. This is an unofficial docker image of Agent DVR from iSpy created for convenience. The software creates a local server for IP cameras to be managed. In this step by step guide I will show you how ...
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May 5, 2025

7 security settings you must check on your NAS today – XDA Developers

Your NAS operating system is a treasure trove of customization options and a myriad of settings that make a lot of things possible. But it’s easy for certain things to fall through the cracks — and if one of those is small yet critical, it could leave your NAS exposed to potential security risks. These tiny little settings can make or break the security system you’ve built for your NAS if you leave a low-hanging loophole in plain sight. Below are some important settings on your NAS that you must check to close such security loopholes. 7 Ditch default logins...

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May 5, 2025

How to Install Solidinvoice With PostgreSQL on Your Synology NAS

SolidInvoice is a simple, open source invoicing application aimed to help small businesses and freelancers manage their day-to-day billing. It’s a feature rich, elegant online application, available as a cloud solution to ensure that you can always get paid on time. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install SolidInvoice with … Read more about How to Install Solidinvoice With PostgreSQL on Your Synology NAS

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May 4, 2025

Synology: Install SmokePing With Portainer

My previous guide for Smokeping involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Smokeping version via Portainer. Smokeping keeps track of your network latency with an amazing interactive graph explorer. Smokeping “pings” multiple servers from multiple locations around the world and it also keeps track of ...
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May 3, 2025

Synology: Portainer Docker Version 2.27.5

On May 2, 2025, Portainer switched from version 2.27.4 to the new stable LTS (Long Time Support) 2.27.5 version. It’s mandatory to upgrade since multiple important issues have been fixed in this new version. Portainer 2.27.5 fixes an issue where it wasn’t possible to add Podman environments via socket, when running a Portainer server on ...
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May 3, 2025

How to Install Solidinvoice on Your UGREEN NAS

SolidInvoice is a simple, open source invoicing application aimed to help small businesses and freelancers manage their day-to-day billing. It’s a feature rich, elegant online application, available as a cloud solution to ensure that you can always get paid on time. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Solidinvoice ...
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May 2, 2025

Synology WordPress 6.8.1

On April 30, 2025, WordPress 6.8.1 was released to the public. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org and not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 6.8.1 on your Synology NAS, you have to follow my step by step guide on how to manually update a new version ...
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May 1, 2025

How to Install Neko on Your Synology NAS

Neko is a self-hosted virtual browser that runs in Docker and uses WebRTC for smooth, secure, and private browsing. It supports multi-user access, real-time collaboration, and features like watch parties, interactive presentations, and screen sharing. Ideal for developers, privacy-focused users, and teams, Neko can run browsers or full desktop environments (e.g. XFCE, KDE) and integrates ...
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