Synology – Modify public link metadata (site description and keywords) If you have a Synology DiskStation and you have shared your public NAS link on any app or service that retrieves the URL metadata for building a link with metadata descriptors, you’ll probably have wondered if it’s possible to change the information displayed. Continue Reading →
How to Control Synology DSM Services via Terminal / SSH There are some occasions where controlling your Synology’s services via the command line is just necessary. Continue Reading →
Block Users from accessing Synology DSM Desktop (and fix if you’re stuck out) One particularly nice feature of DSM 6.1.x is that it now allows you to block access to the Desktop backend for any user or user group. Continue Reading →
Installing PHP Composer on a Synology NAS (and Laravel! Here are some simple instructions on how to get Composer working along your Web Station package for app/web development. Continue Reading →
Setup Time Machine on an External USB drive connected to Synology DSM A while ago I decided to setup my TimeMachine backup of my MacBook Pro to an external USB drive, essentially to save space on the main Synology volume and also to decrease those disk’s activity, and here’s how I did it. Continue Reading →
Synology DSM 6.1 Web Station Virtual Hosts and Logs settings Ever since DSM 6.0 we’ve seen that the web server has been isolated in the “Web Station” standalone package, changing the location of the corresponding files for handling Virtual Hosts. Continue Reading →
Configure Symfony 3 on Synology DSM 6.x Installing Symfony 3 on Synology has some tricky bits to make it run. This post essentially addresses the fatal errors when trying to write cache or logs, which is a common issue that has some documented solutions at Symfony’s site – and issue being that ACL permissions cannot be changed as those instructions suggest. Continue Reading →
