Ollama is an open-source project that serves as a powerful and user-friendly platform for running LLMs on your local machine. Get up and running with large language models. DeepSeek is a Chinese artificial intelligence company that develops open-source large language models (LLMs). DeepSeek feels and works very much like ChatGPT. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install DeepSeek on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest version of DeepSeek R1

• 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

Make sure you have a synology.me Wildcard Certificate. Follow my guide to get a Wildcard Certificate. If you already have a synology.me Wildcard certificate, skip this STEP.

• STEP 4

Go to Control Panel / Login Portal / Advanced Tab / click Reverse Proxy. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 5

Now click the “Create” button. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 6

After you click the Create button, the window below will open. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the General area, set the Reverse Proxy Name description: type in DeepSeek. After that, add the following instructions:

Source:
Protocol: HTTPS
Hostname: deepseek.yourname.synology.me
Port: 443

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 8271

• STEP 7

On the Reverse Proxy Rules click the Custom Header tab. Click Create and then, from the drop-down menu, click WebSocket. After you click on WebSocket, two Header Names and two Values will be automatically added. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 8

Go to Control Panel / Network / Connectivity tab/ Check Enable HTTP/2 then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 9

Go to Control Panel / Security / Advanced tab/ Check Enable HTTP Compression then click Apply. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

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

• STEP 11

Now create three new folders inside the ollamadeepseek folder that you have previously created at STEP 10 and name them data, entrypoint, webui. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Download (click on the blue link below) and upload the entrypoint.sh file below in the entrypoint folder that you have previously created at STEP 11. Follow the instructions in the image below. 🔒Note: Support my work to unlock the password. You can use this password to download any file on mariushosting forever!

👉🏻entrypoint.sh

• STEP 13

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.

• STEP 14

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

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

services:
  webui:
    container_name: OLLAMA-WEBUI
    image: ghcr.io/open-webui/open-webui:0.5
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/ollamadeepseek/webui:/app/backend/data:rw
    environment:
      OLLAMA_BASE_URL: http://ollama:11434
      WEBUI_SECRET_KEY: dOxZYTTZgXKMHkqLBIQVImayQXAVWdzGBPuFJKggzcgvgPJPXpWzqzKaUOIOGGIr
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8080' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
      - 8271:8080
    restart: on-failure
    depends_on:
      ollama:
        condition: service_started

  ollama:
    container_name: OLLAMA-DEEPSEEK
    image: ollama/ollama:latest #For a NAS with an AMD CPU, use the following image ollama/ollama:rocm instead of ollama/ollama:latest
    entrypoint: ["/usr/bin/bash", "/entrypoint.sh"]
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/ollamadeepseek/data:/root/.ollama:rw
      - /volume1/docker/ollamadeepseek/entrypoint/entrypoint.sh:/entrypoint.sh
    environment:
      MODELS: deepseek-r1:1.5b #Check all the models at the following link https://ollama.com/library - You can separate models by commas like llama3.2,gemma2,mistral
      OLLAMA_INSTALL_MODELS: deepseek-r1:1.5b #Check all the models at the following link https://ollama.com/library - You can separate models by commas like llama3.2,gemma2,mistral
      OLLAMA_HOSTNAME: deepseek.yourname.synology.me
    ports:
      - 11434:11434
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD", "ollama", "--version"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 30s
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for WEBUI_SECRET_KEY. (Generate your own Random 64 length WEBUI_SECRET_KEY.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for OLLAMA_HOSTNAME and type in your own your own synology.me DDNS without https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6.

• STEP 15

Scroll down on the page until you see a button named 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.

⌛Now just wait because the Ollama image is about 8GB.

• STEP 16

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

• STEP 17

Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂

• STEP 18

Please wait approximately 5-10 minutes for the installation to be completed or you will get a blank page if you try to connect too soon. Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://deepseek.yourname.synology.me/auth that you have previously created at STEP 6. In my case it’s https://deepseek.mariushosting.synology.me/auth If everything goes right, you will see the Ollama Auth page. Type in your own details (Name, Email Address, Password), then click Create Admin Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 19

At the top right of the page, click on the user icon then Settings. On the left sidebar, click General. Switch the theme to Dark. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 20

Ask DeepSeek something!

⚠️Note: DeepSeek is a hungry CPU application. Keep this in mind. You will need a server with a better CPU to run it smoothly.

Enjoy DeepSeek!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

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

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
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This post was updated on Monday / February 3rd, 2025 at 6:01 PM