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Here are some simple instructions on how to get Composer working along your Web Station package for app/web development.

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Assets Used:

  • DSM 6.2.x
  • DSM Web Station (running nginx, but works with apache as well)
  • DSM Package PHP 7.3 (you can use 5.6 as well)
  • For composer to work properly User Home service is recommended to be active (Control Panel > Advanced > User > User Home)

Instructions:

  1. Open Web Station, go to PHP Settings:
  2. Check “phar” (PHP Archive support):
  3. Press “Apply“
  4. SSH your NAS, and issue the install commands (note: change folder accordingly to where you want to install it; example below will be in current directory): 
    sudo su
php -r "copy('https://getcomposer.org/installer', 'composer-setup.php');"
php -r "if (hash_file('SHA384', 'composer-setup.php') === '544e09ee996cdf60ece3804abc52599c22b1f40f4323403c44d44fdfdd586475ca9813a858088ffbc1f233e9b180f061') { echo 'Installer verified'; } else { echo 'Installer corrupt'; unlink('composer-setup.php'); } echo PHP_EOL;"
php composer-setup.php
php -r "unlink('composer-setup.php');"
  5. If it fails to install, just grab the new commands directly from https://getcomposer.org/download/, as the hash (in color above) will vary whenever a new version of the file is released.
  6. You should see a success message as the one below: 
    All settings correct for using Composer
Downloading...

Composer (version 1.4.2) successfully installed to: /volume1/homes/adminuser/composer.phar
Use it: php composer.phar
  7. It should run by issuing: 
    php73 ~/composer.phar

Additional Notes:

  • Set composer to run globally: 
    sudo cp composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer

  • Make it run with a more recent package of PHP: 
    alias composer="/usr/local/bin/php73 /usr/local/bin/composer"

  • [recommended] Make it ignore platform-requirements so that you won’t get php version warnings. Issue: 
     alias composer="/usr/local/bin/php73 /usr/local/bin/composer --ignore-platform-reqs"

  • To update composer, use: 
    sudo composer self-update

Bonus: installing Laravel

  • You’ll need User Homes service activated
  • You’ll probably need to issue: 
composer clear-cache
  • Check if your ‘php -v‘ meets laravel’s requirements. If not, you will also need to point php to a compatible version (package needs to be installed):
alias php='/usr/local/bin/php73'
  • Then you should be able to run the laravel global install command: 
composer global require laravel/installer
  • The binary will be located at 
/var/services/homes/YOURUSERNAME/.composer/vendor/bin/laravel
  • You’ll need to fix your project folder’s permissions (this is a simple consideration for a development server, not production – check this). Note that in a Synology DSM you need to consider http instead of www-data:
sudo chown -R :http .
sudo chmod -R g+r .
sudo chmod -R g+rw public/.
  • When running commands, you may need to ignore package requirements, as laravel appears to be invoking php 5.6: 
php73 ~/composer.phar clear-cache
php73 ~/composer.phar self-update
php73 ~/composer.phar update --ignore-platform-reqs
php73 ~/composer.phar install --ignore-platform-reqs
php73 ~/composer.phar require laravel/ui --ignore-platform-reqs
sudo npm install && sudo npm run dev
sudo php73 artisan ui vue --auth
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