How to Install Calmness on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Calmness on Your Synology NAS

Finding Calm in the Chaos. In the relentless hustle of modern life, where every tick of the clock feels like a push to achieve more and move faster, stress wraps around you like a tightrope you can’t escape. The constant pressure to keep up and outdo yesterday’s self can turn each day into a high-stakes game of survival. But here’s your chance to pause the whirlwind. Take a deliberate step back, hit the pause button on your endless to-do list, and just breathe. Let your breath cut through the noise, gently pushing away the weight of your worries. Inhale calm and exhale the chaos, finding a brief, serene space where it’s okay to simply be. Enjoy Calmness, a breathing exercises tool from Maze, the author of Moodist. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Calmness on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Calmness v0.0.5 release.

  • STEP 1

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  • STEP 2

Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.

  • STEP 3

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

1 Synology Portainer Add Stack

  • STEP 4

In the Name field type in calmness. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Note: Copy Paste the code below in the Portainer Stacks Web editor.

services:
  Calmness:
    image: ghcr.io/remvze/calmness
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 8080 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    restart: on-failure:5
    container_name: Calmness
    logging:
      options:
        max-size: 2g
    ports:
      - 8313:8080

Calmness Synology NAS Set up 1 new 2025

  • STEP 5

Scroll down on the page until you see a button called Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.

Calmness Synology NAS Set up 2 new 2025

  • STEP 6

If everything goes right, you will see this message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.

Calmness Synology NAS Set up 3

  • STEP 7

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  • STEP 8

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:8313 Select the breathing exercise that you are interested in, then click Play. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Calmness Synology NAS Set up 4

Enjoy Calmness!

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If you encounter issues by using this container, make sure to check out the Common Docker issues article.

Note: If you want to run the Calmness container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Calmness work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
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This post was updated on Thursday / October 10th, 2024 at 9:21 PM