Homebridge is, as the name suggests, a bridge between HomeKit and other smart home devices. Homebridge is lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. Homebridge allows you to integrate with smart home devices that do not support the HomeKit protocol. After installing Homebridge, it remains running … Read more about Synology: How to Install Homebridge Without Docker
Hastebin is a simple pastebin which can be installed on a protected device such as a Synology NAS. Sharing code is a good thing, and it should be really easy to do it. A lot of times, you want to show somebody something – and that’s where you use pastebins. An alternative to Hastebin is … Read more about How to Install Hastebin on Your Synology NAS
Have you installed Grafana monitored by Prometheus following my step by step guide to display system metrics for your Synology NAS server? After countless requests, guide number two has arrived. In today’s guide I will show you how to add more NAS devices metrics to your Grafana dashboard installed on your main NAS. STEP 1 … Read more about Synology: Grafana and Prometheus Dashboard Part 2
If you have a Synology NAS and are using it extensively, then you’ve likely already installed a number of Docker containers to serve your various needs, whether for work or fun. But circumstance may make it that you may need to stop and start back up again certain containers automatically at scheduled times. So today … Read more about Synology: Schedule Start & Stop For Docker Containers
Do you know how to activate your email notifications on your DSM operating system? Well, after yesterday’s article where I explained how to activate DSM notifications on your mobile phone, today I will teach you how to activate DSM notifications via email. STEP 1 Please Support My work by Making a Donation. STEP 2 If … Read more about Synology: How to Activate Email Notifications
We have all been confronted with various ongoing attacks on our Synology device, attacks which aim to breach through the SSH 22 open port. These attacks directed at our Synology device are called brute force attacks. A brute-force attack consists of an attacker submitting many passwords or passphrases with the hope of eventually guessing correctly. The attacker systematically checks all … Read more about Synology SSH Attack: How To Disable SSH?