Warracker is an open-source warranty tracker for individuals and teams. With Warracker, you have at your disposal the easiest way to organize product warranties, monitor expiration dates, and store receipts or related documents. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Warracker on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.
Warracker v0.10.0.0 release.
This guide works perfectly with the latestSTEP 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 âCreateâ 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 Warracker. After that, add the following instructions:
Source:
Protocol:Â HTTPS
Hostname: warracker.yourname.synology.me
Port:Â 443
Check Enable HSTS
Destination:
Protocol:Â HTTP
Hostname:Â localhost
Port:Â 5313
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 / 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 warracker. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 11
Now create two new folders inside the warracker folder that you previously created at STEP 10 and name them data and db. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 12
Follow my step by step guide on how to activate SMTP for your Gmail account. This step is mandatory. Note: If you don’t want to use the easiest way for SMTP with Google and you already have SMTP details from your own Mail Server, you can just skip this STEP and use your personalized email SMTP details instead.
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 warracker. Follow the instructions in the image below.
services: db: image: postgres:17 container_name: Warracker-DB hostname: warracker-db security_opt: - no-new-privileges:true healthcheck: test: ["CMD", "pg_isready", "-q", "-d", "warracker", "-U", "warrackeruser"] timeout: 45s interval: 10s retries: 10 volumes: - /volume1/docker/warracker/db:/var/lib/postgresql/data:rw environment: POSTGRES_DB: warracker POSTGRES_USER: warrackeruser POSTGRES_PASSWORD: warrackerpass restart: on-failure:5 warracker: image: ghcr.io/sassanix/warracker/main:latest container_name: Warracker healthcheck: test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/80' || exit 1 interval: 10s timeout: 5s retries: 3 start_period: 90s ports: - 5313:80 volumes: - /volume1/docker/warracker/data:/data/uploads:rw environment: DB_HOST: warracker-db DB_NAME: warracker DB_USER: warrackeruser DB_PASSWORD: warrackerpass SMTP_HOST: smtp.gmail.com SMTP_PORT: 465 SMTP_USERNAME: Your-own-gmail-address SMTP_PASSWORD: Your-own-app-password SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL: Your-own-gmail-address SMTP_USE_SSL: true SECRET_KEY: dOxZYTTZgXKMHkqLBIQVImayQXAVWdzGBPuFJKggzcgvgPJPXpWzqzKaUOIOGGIr FRONTEND_URL: https://warracker.yourname.synology.me APP_BASE_URL: https://warracker.yourname.synology.me MAX_UPLOAD_MB: 512 NGINX_MAX_BODY_SIZE_VALUE: 512M FLASK_ENV: production depends_on: db: condition: service_healthy restart: on-failure:5
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SMTP_USERNAMEÂ and type in your own Gmail address. STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SMTP_PASSWORDÂ and type in your own Gmail APP password. STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for SMTP_SENDER_EMAIL and type in your own Gmail address. STEP 12.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for 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 FRONTEND_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with https:// at the beginning that you have previously created at STEP 6.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for APP_BASE_URL and type in your own synology.me DDNS with 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.
STEP 16
If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: âSuccess Stack successfully deployedâ.
STEP 17
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STEP 18
Now open your browser and type in your HTTPS address like this https://warracker.yourname.synology.me In my case it’s https://warracker.mariushosting.synology.me If everything goes right, you will see the Warracker login page. Click Create Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 19
Type in your own details, then click Create Account. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 20
Your Warracker page will look like this.
STEP 21
At the top right of the page, click on your username, then Settings. Switch to Dark mode, then add your favorite currency. Click Save Preferences. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 22
Click +Add New Warranty to add your first Warranty. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Enjoy Warracker!
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This post was updated on Thursday / June 5th, 2025 at 8:08 AM