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Synology offers its own cloud solution, Synology Drive, but it is 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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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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The PHP package is quickly installed on a Synology DiskStation, but setting everything up without issues might be a bit complex. Unfortunately PHP for Synology behaves a bit different than PHP on a Unix/Linux server. Especially PHP CLI causes some issues. Some commands/programs don’t run with PHP 7.0 on the command line. In this article […]
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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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