OnlyOffice as an integrated office solution has now been replaced by Collabora. If you prefer OnlyOffice over Collabora, you can deploy OnlyOffice as a Docker container with little effort (provided you have an appropriate DiskStation). However, if you stick with the free license, you will have to be content with a read-only mode on mobile devices. Mobile editing is only possible with the commercial license.
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With the Video Station, Synology already offers a video streaming server including a playback client. Video Station has a great user interface and is easy to use. Unfortunately, the Video Station is a little weak when it comes to compatibility of audio and video formats. The Plex Media Server is an alternative. It looks similar to the Video Station and is also easy to use and different formats and codecs are no problem for it. In this article I will explain to you how to install and set up Plex on your DiskStation.
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The 2nd major update for DSM 7 is here and in addition to some new functions, the WebStation has been revised. That’s why I have created these revised guide. The demand for Nextcloud is still high. Although Synology offers its own cloud solution, Synology Drive, it is nowhere near as comprehensive and flexible as Nextcloud. Be it calendar and contact synchronization or the apps and web interface, there are many reasons to use Nextcloud on a DiskStation. The article explains step by step how to install Nextcloud on a Synology NAS.
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The new DSM 7 is here and here and the demand for Nextcloud is still very high. Synology offers its own cloud solution, Synology Drive, but it’s nowhere near as extensive and flexible as Nextcloud. Be it calendar and contact synchronization or the apps and web interface, there are many reasons for Nextcloud on a DiskStation. The article explains step by step how to install Nextcloud on a Synology NAS.
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The last post was about installing Nextcloud on the DiskStation. After the installation, however, some adjustments should be made so that Nextcloud runs optimally and to increase security. In addition, depending on the environment, some error messages may appear. And that’s exactly what this post is about.
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With the Video Station, Synology already offers a video streaming server including a playback client. The Video Station has a great user interface and is easy to use. Unfortunately, the Video Station weakens a little when it comes to the compatibility of audio and video formats. The Plex Media Server is an alternative. It looks similar to the Video Station and is also easy to use and different formats and codecs are no problem for it. In this article I will tell you how to install and set up Plex on your DiskStation.
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Currently I’m planning a tutorial series including initial setup of a DiskStation, network setup, external access and configuring certain services and applications. Actually I just wanted to update my SSL certificate, but it didn’t do what I wanted it to do so I used the command line, the error messages you get there are much more […]
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I skipped this topic in my Nextcloud posts. It is related to Nextcloud but not required to run Nextcloud. Also most the steps that are needed to externally access your Nextcloud, apply to any other service, provided by your DiskStation (or servers in general). Also I did the setup in DSM5. When updating to DSM6 the […]
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In this post, I’ll show you how to use Nextcloud to sync/backup your pictures but still use the Photo Station to view them. There are different reasons for using Nextcloud instead of the Cloud Station. Nextcloud has all the features I need in one package and a great web interface, also the Clients are better […]
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Nextcloud is an extensive cloud solution, that offers more than storing and providing data in a cloud. Another feature it offers, is calendar and contact management. Synchronization is possible via CalDAV/CardDAV. In this article, I’ll explain, how to set up calendar and contacts in your Nextcloud instance and how to sync them with Outlook on […]
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