How to Install Photopea on Your Synology NAS

How to Install Photopea on Your Synology NAS

Photopea is a web-based photo and graphics editor. It is used for image editing, making illustrations, web design or converting between different image formats. It is compatible with all modern web browsers. Photopea is compatible with raster and vector graphics, such as Photoshop’s PSD as well as JPEG, PNG, DNG, GIF, SVG, PDF and other image file formats. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Photopea on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

  • 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 photopea. Follow the instructions in the image below.

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

services:
  photopea:
    image: shtse8/photopea:1.0
    container_name: Photopea
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "nc -z 127.0.0.1 8887 || exit 1"]
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    ports:
     - 8487:8887
    environment:
      PUID: 1026
      PGID: 100
      TZ: Europe/Bucharest
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for PUID and PGID with your own values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for TZ. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 1

  • STEP 5

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.

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 2

  • STEP 6

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

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 3

  • STEP 7

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

  • 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:8487 Click Open From Computer to upload your files. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 4

  • STEP 9

Your personal file at a glance!

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 5

  • STEP 10

Click New Project to select predefined templates. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Photopea Synology NAS Set up 6

Enjoy Photopea!

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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 Photopea container over HTTPS, check How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. In order to make Photopea work via HTTPS, it’s mandatory to activate WebSocket.

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Photopea container with the latest image.
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This post was updated on Wednesday / November 27th, 2024 at 1:53 PM