nas VPN, or how to access your data securely, the right way In this article, I will talk about setting up a VPN service on your NAS. There are two ways you can set up a VPN service on your NAS. One
nas 42U rack in the basement? Sure! The time has finally come! I have managed to get a used 42U rack in excellent shape and have it delivered to my new place. Why 42? Because it was
New WD RED SSDs have arrived Considering that my new rack installation has been delayed, in the meantime WD has just pushed out brand new SSDs from their RED lineup. Designed for 24/7 workload in
synology 3-2-1 > Active Backup Synology's recent addition to their collection of great apps and solutions include a new version of Active Backup for Business package. In this article, I will reflect on the tool,
docker Commento - commenting done right Since I started this blog, I wanted to have a comments function running on it. It took a while since I got my first response, but it was worth it
iMac + DELL, a great combo Few days ago I got my work DELL display (U2515H) replaced after 4 years. Considering I was using it I got the offer to buy it, so I did. Not
docker Let's Encrypt + Docker = wildcard certs If you ever wanted to use a wildcard certificate with your Synology NAS you probably found out that out of the box that's not possible. In this tutorial, you can
docker Bitwarden - LiveSync feature This update will focus on the "LiveSync" feature that offers BW users instant sync of any updates across platforms. So for example, if you add a new entry using the
docker Synology Reverse Proxy This tutorial will cover a few short steps that you need to know and setup in order to make your apps and services accessible via the internet (or LAN) using
docker Grafana - InfluxDB - Telegraf (GIT) monitoring setup via docker This will be a short post on setting up a great platform for all your monitoring needs. Let me start by saying that using this setup is not limited to
synology Network cabinet and Synology 5G mesh Finally managed to start working on configuring my new network cabinet (not done yet) and my 5G mesh setup from Synology using RT2600AC and MR2200AC routers. So far it was fun and easy, nothing special. Wifi singnal is strong and all over the place
docker Rocket.Chat - SLACK alternative (with MongoDB as backend) Did you hear of SLACK? How about Discord? Microsoft Teams? Great! Then you know what this tutorial will be all about. In this tutorial, we will focus on running an
docker Bitwarden - a self-hosted password manager In this post I will focus on running a self-hosted alternative to some comercial solutions out there, like 1Password for example. Nowdays when privacy is at its peek having your
synology Synology 5G mesh, coming​ soon New network should be up and running by the end of this week (next one for sure) if all goes to plan. Both RT2600AC and MR2200AC have arrived and are
nas CAT6 cabling my new house This following weeks I will start on cabling my new house. Cat6 cables are layed down and now I need to start working on the wall jacks and my DIGITUS patch panel. SCHRACK cat6 keystone RJ45 connectorsSynology 2600 and 2200 routers will arrive in
nas PXE boot via Synology NAS This tutorial will cover detail instructions on how to configure and setup your NAS to be a PXE boot server for your LAN. Keep in mind that this is a tutorial that I wrote back 5y now, but it still applies. We will see
101 Synology 101 - Part 2: User Accounts So far we have unboxed, connected, installed and partially configured our new NAS. Wow, not bad so far. As I mentioned in my intro post, there are still steps that need to be covered in order to get your NAS going and to make
nas New addition to my Syno family, welcome DS718+ Well, this was unexpected! Atm I have 4 Syno boxes, a 412+, 918+ and double RS3614RPXS+ with expansions (still waiting for me to start using them in my new place). But the turn of events landed me one more unit. A brand new 718+
synology New dawn for Synology users, welcome, synoforum.com Well its been almost 6 months since Synology made public its community.synology.com site. What a terrible idea that was. They killed a perfectly good discussion platform just so they can roll out something "fresh" and 0 feature packed. Since its debut, community
synology Synology 101 - Part 1: DSM INSTALLATION & RAID ARRAY type This is the 1st of a total of 5 posts in the "Synology 101" thread. The intro thread covers what this series of posts will be by topics as well as some general information that beginners might find useful. Getting a new piece of
synology Synology 101 - Intro: Setup your NAS for the 1st time In the next few posts I will cover the basics that most new users usually look for. How to setup your NAS, install apps (and what apps are needed), and how to configure and harden your security. These series (as most of all the
nas Synology DS918+ getting a few friends Well finally I have got around to pickup a pair of RS3614RPxs+ models each with their own expansion unit. A total of 48 bays ;). I will be using a single
