ProxiTok allows you to use TikTok with an alternative frontend. It’s inspired by Nitter. ProxiTok’s strong point is that all requests made to TikTok are server-side, so you will never connect to their servers, which also means that you won’t see any ADS either. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install ProxiTok on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest ProxiTok 2.4.9.4 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

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 ProxiTok. After that, add the following instructions:

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

Check Enable HSTS

Destination:
Protocol: HTTP
Hostname: localhost
Port: 9770

• 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 proxitok. 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 proxitok folder that you have previously created at STEP 10 and name them cache and redis. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 12

Right click on the proxitok folder that you have previously created at STEP 10 then click Properties. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 13

Go to the Permission tab then click Advanced options. From the drop-down menu choose “Make inherited permissions explicit“. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 14

Select Everyone then click the Edit tab. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Check all Read and Write Permissions. Click Done. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

After you click Done on STEP 15, check “Apply to this folder, sub-folders and files“. Click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 17

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 18

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

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

version: "3.9"
services:
  redis:
    image: redis
    command: redis-server --save 60 1 --loglevel warning
    container_name: ProxiTok-REDIS
    hostname: proxitok-redis
    mem_limit: 256m
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/proxitok/redis:/data:rw
    user: 1026:100
    healthcheck:
      test: ["CMD-SHELL", "redis-cli ping || exit 1"]
    restart: on-failure:5

  signer:
    image: ghcr.io/pablouser1/signtok:master
    container_name: ProxiTok-SIGNER
    hostname: proxitok-signer
    mem_limit: 512m
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true

    user: 1026:100
    healthcheck:
      test: wget --no-verbose --tries=1 --spider http://localhost:8080/ || exit 1
    restart: on-failure:5

  proxitok:
    image: ghcr.io/pablouser1/proxitok:master
    container_name: ProxiTok
    hostname: proxitok
    mem_limit: 1g
    cpu_shares: 768
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:true
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/proxitok/cache:/cache:rw  
    healthcheck:
      test: stat /etc/passwd || exit 1
    ports:
      - 9770:8080

    environment:
      LATTE_CACHE: /cache
      API_CACHE: redis
      REDIS_HOST: proxitok-redis
      REDIS_PORT: 6379
      API_SIGNER: remote
      API_SIGNER_URL: http://proxitok-signer:8080/signature
    restart: on-failure:5
    depends_on:
      redis:
        condition: service_healthy
      signer:
        condition: service_healthy

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value numbers for user with your own UID and GID values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.) 1026 is my personal UID value and 100 is my personal GID value. You have to type in your own values.

• STEP 19

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.

• STEP 20

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

• STEP 21

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

• STEP 22

Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS/SSL certificate like this https://proxitok.yourname.synology.me In my case it’s https://proxitok.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the ProxiTok dashboard. Check your favorite TikToker. Select Username then click Search. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 23

Your ProxiTok at a glance!

• STEP 24

You can also download videos from TikTok for personal use with just one click. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Enjoy ProxiTok!

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This post was updated on Wednesday / March 6th, 2024 at 12:22 PM