Shortened links promote more sharing as they are much easier to remember and replicate for others. You can easily selfhost various apps for this type of work on your Synology NAS. Users can also quickly type out the URL manually in situations like a presentation. Short URLs minimize the chances of errors and reduce the … Read more about Best Docker Containers To Shorten URLs
Homebridge is a lightweight NodeJS server you can run on your home network that emulates the iOS HomeKit API. Homebridge allows you to integrate with smart home devices that do not support the HomeKit protocol. After installing Homebridge, it remains running and connected to your network, ready to service requests from Siri. In this step … Read more about How to Install Homebridge on Your UGREEN NAS
Gramps Web is a web based application, ideally suited for collaborating with others to build your family tree together. It can be accessed from any mobile or portable web-enabled device. Gramps Web is a free & open source software, with the privacy and control of your data a top priority! In this step by step … Read more about How to Install Gramps Web on Your Synology NAS
My previous guide for SearXNG involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest SearXNG version via Portainer. SearXNG is a free Internet metasearch engine which aggregates results from more than 70 search services. Users are neither tracked, nor profiled. It’s similar to SearX and Whoogle. SearXNG development has … Read more about Synology Install SearXNG With Portainer
Well, today, February 11, 2025, Synology has decided to take their Docker package, aka the Container Manager package, out of beta. We are finally at version 24.0.2 but there’s a catch – something I absolutely do not like: they did not listen at all to the thousands of Feature Inquiries sent by thousands of users … Read more about Synology: New Docker Version 24.0.2-1535 The Unexpected Slap
In computer networking, a Wildcard Certificate is a public key certificate which can be used with multiple sub-domains of a domain. The principal use is for securing web sites with HTTPS, but there are also applications in many other fields. All Synology DDNS hostnames like synology.me support Wildcard. Wildcard settings allow you to reach the … Read more about Synology: How to Add Wildcard Certificate