Synology

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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April 29, 2023

Bazarr in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2

Bazarr links to your Radarr and Sonarr setup and will automatically find and download matching subtitles for your media, this is useful if you are looking for an alternative language or when subs were not included with the original file. In this guide I will take you through the steps to get Bazarr up and running in Docker. In order for you to successfully use this guide please complete the two...

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April 29, 2023

Readarr in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2

Readarr is an e-book and Audiobook collection manager for Usenet and BitTorrent users. It can monitor multiple RSS feeds for new books from your favourite authors and will interface with clients and indexers to grab, sort, and rename them. In this guide I will take you through the steps to get Readarr up and running in Docker. In order for you to successfully use this guide please complete the...

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April 29, 2023

Lidarr in ‘Container Manager’ on a Synology NAS – DSM 7.2

Lidarr is used to search, download and organise your Music in conjunction with your preferred Usenet or Torrent downloaders and indexers. In this guide I will take you through the steps to get Lidarr up and running in Docker. In order for you to successfully use this guide please complete the three preceding guides Open up Container Manager within DSM and navigate to the ‘Registry’ tab and search...

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April 28, 2023

How to Install Opera on Your Synology NAS

Opera is a multi-platform web browser developed by Opera. The browser is based on Chromium, but distinguishes itself from other Chromium-based browsers (Chrome, Edge, etc.) through its user interface and other great features. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Opera on your Synology NAS with Docker & Portainer. Note: You can also ... Read more about How to Install Opera on Your Synology NAS
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