My previous guide for Dashy involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Dashy version via Portainer. Dashy helps you organize your self-hosted services by making them accessible from a single dashboard. Dashy is an open source, highly customizable, easy to use, privacy-respecting dashboard app like Homarr, Flame, Homepage and Heimdall. In this step by step guide I will show you hot to install Dashy on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Dashy 3.1.1 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

Install Text Editor via Synology “Package Center”. If you already have Text Editor installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP.

STEP 4

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

STEP 5

Now create one new folder inside the dashy folder that you have previously created at STEP 4 and name it icons. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

STEP 6

Download (click on the blue link below) then upload the dashyconf.yml file below in the dashy folder that you have previously created at STEP 4. 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!

👉🏻dashyconf.yml

STEP 7

Download (click on the blue link below) then upload the icons.zip file below in the icons folder that you have previously created at STEP 5. Follow the instructions in the image below. 🔒Note: Support my work to unlock the password.

👉🏻icons.zip

STEP 8

Right click on the icons.zip file. Click Extract then Extract Here. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 9

Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Home then Live connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 10

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

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

version: '3.9'
services:
 dashy:
    image: lissy93/dashy:latest
    container_name: Dashy
    restart: on-failure:5
    healthcheck:
      test: ['CMD', 'node', '/app/services/healthcheck']
      interval: 1m30s
      timeout: 10s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 40s
    environment:
      UID: 1026
      GID: 100
      NODE_ENV: production
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/dashy/dashyconf.yml:/app/user-data/conf.yml
      - /volume1/docker/dashy/icons:/app/user-data/item-icons:rw
    ports:
      - 7444:8080

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

STEP 11

Scroll down on the page until you see a button called 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 12

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

STEP 13

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STEP 14

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:7444 Wait for Dashy to load. Follow the instructions in the image below.

STEP 15

Your Dashy dashboard at a glance!

STEP 16

To add icons and apps, modify the dashyconf.yml file in File Station as per your needs/requirements.
Note: To be able to edit the dashyconf.yml file, you will need Text Editor installed on your Synology NAS as per the instructions at STEP 3.
Note: After you edit and save the dashyconf.yml file, it’s mandatory to restart the Dashy container in Portainer to apply the changes.

Enjoy Dashy!

🆘TROUBLESHOOTING

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

This post was updated on Thursday / August 28th, 2025 at 6:48 PM

Synology Install Dashy with Portainer

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Dashy 3.1.1 release.

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👉🏻dashyconf.yml

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👉🏻icons.zip

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