Configuring Synology NAS

Overview

Notes on tasks involved in configuring a NAS running Synology DSM to handle tasks required on LAN.

Static IP

• Control Panel > Network > Network Interface tab > expand LAN 1/LAN2 > Edit button > IPv4 tab
  • Use manual configuration checked
  • Enter static IP.
  • Click OK button.
• Wifi router > Advanced tab > DHCP > Address reservation > Add new... button
  • Enter NAS mac address and static IP.

Format hard drives

• DSM > Control Panel > Storage Manager > Volume > Create button
  • Quick Mode checked
    This creates a SHR (Synology Hybrid RAID), which basically automatically partions the available space into redundant RAID volumes.
  • Accept all the recommended options on subsequent dialogs.
  • Confirm the settings.

Create a top-level folder

DSM > Control Panel > Shared Folders > Create button

Copying files between NASs

• Create a mount point. (See #Create_a_top-level_folder)
• DSM > File Station > Tools button > Mount remote folder > CIFS shared folder
  • Folder: //HostName/path/to/share
  • Account name: User account login name with privileges to the shared folder
  • Password: password
  • Mount to: DSM will automatically tack the shared folder name onto the currently selected local folder

Once the remote shared folder is mounted, File Station can be used to copy and move files within the shared folder to local folders.

Configuring media indexing

See Managing Media Indexes on Synology NAS

Application portal

• DSM > Control Panel > Application Portal
• For each service that needs to be reached from a remote machine (even on the same LAN), enter an Alias.
• E.g. Audio Station
  • Alias: audio
  • HTTP: 8800
  • Specify an HTTP or HTTPS port in order to forward requests from outside the LAN.
  • After saving this configuration Audio Station can be accessed locally via http://[NAS_IP]:5000/audio

Other tasks

• Enable SSH on Synology NAS
• Creating users. This is a pretty straightforward process. DSM > Control Panel > Users > Create button
  • Pay attention to which groups the user account belongs to, e.g. doe the user have administor access.
  • Pay attention to which of the top-level directories the user has access to.
  • Pay attention to which services the user has assess to.

Configuring quickconnect

• DSM > Control Panel > Connectivity > QuickConnect
  • Enable QuickConnect: selected
  • QuickConnect ID: name of quickconnect subdomain, i.e. mynas would configure the URL http://mynas.quickconnect.to to point at the NAS.
  • Also check the Advanced tab to see what types of files are accessible through the quickconnect URL.

See also

• Updating Media Indexes on Synology NAS
• Accessing Photos and Pictures on Synology Diskstation NAS