How to Install Affine on Your Synology NAS

AFFiNE is a next-gen knowledge base that brings planning, sorting, and creating altogether. Form your knowledge console at your wish. Open-source, privacy-first, and always free. Affine is still under development. I will update this guide from time to time. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install AFFiNe on your Synology NAS using Docker.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest AFFiNe v0.5.4 release.

STEP 1

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STEP 2

Install Container Manager via Synology “Package Center”. If you run an older DSM version (under 7.2), search for Docker instead of Container Manager.

STEP 3

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder, create one new folder and name it affine. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Task Scheduler / Create / Scheduled Task / User-defined script. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 5

Once you click on User-defined script, a new window will open. Follow the instructions below:

General: In the Task field type in Install Affine. Uncheck the “Enabled” option. Select root User.
Schedule: Select Run on the following date then select “Do not repeat“.
Task Settings: Check “Send run details by email“, add your email then copy paste the code below in the Run command area. After that, click OK.

docker run -d --name=affine \
-p 4205:3000 \
-v /volume1/docker/affine:/app/data \
--restart always \
ghcr.io/toeverything/affine-self-hosted:latest

STEP 6

After you click OK on STEP 5 a new warning pop up window will open. Click OK.

After you click OK, type in your DSM Password then click Submit. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 7

After you click Submit on STEP 6, select your “Install Affine” Task then click the “Run” tab. You will be asked to run Install Affine – click OK. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 8

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STEP 9

The installation process can take up to a few seconds/minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection. Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:4205 At the top right of the page you can switch to dark mode. Follow the instructions in the image below.