OnlyOffice Document Server is an online office suite comprising viewers and editors for texts, spreadsheets and presentations, fully compatible with Office Open XML formats: .docx, .xlsx, .pptx etc. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install OnlyOffice on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest OnlyOffice v12.7.0 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

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

• STEP 4

Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the onlyoffice folder, create seven folders and name them data, database, fonts, lib, logs, rabbitmq, redis . Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

• STEP 5

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 6

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

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

services:
  onlyoffice:
    container_name: OnlyOffice
    hostname: onlyoffice
    image: onlyoffice/documentserver:latest
    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:
      - 8467:80
    environment:
      JWT_ENABLED: true
      JWT_SECRET: q9TAW5pK5O9DqAWhY18XupmtlZk0ULRmjroiZcfvJkvZduSYzrzc0FtM2yfHEeyB
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/logs:/var/log/onlyoffice:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/data:/var/www/onlyoffice/Data:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/redis:/var/lib/redis:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/rabbitmq:/var/lib/rabbitmq:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/lib:/var/lib/onlyoffice:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/fonts:/usr/share/fonts/truetype/custom:rw
      - /volume1/docker/onlyoffice/database:/var/lib/postgresql:rw
    restart: on-failure:5

Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area below, change the value for JWT_SECRET. (Generate your own 64 length JWT_SECRET.)

• STEP 7

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.

⌛Now just wait because the OnlyOffice image is about 3.3GB.

• STEP 8

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

• STEP 9

On the left sidebar in Portainer, click Containers. Identify your OnlyOffice instance, then click on the little terminal icon. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 10

After you click on the little terminal icon at STEP 9, a new page will open. Click Connect. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 11

After you click Connect at STEP 10, a Console will open. Copy Paste the code below.

supervisorctl start ds:example

Once the code is inserted, confirm by pressing Enter on your keyboard.

• STEP 12

Wait a few seconds. You will see a message that says: ds:example: started. Go straight to the next STEP.

• STEP 13

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

• 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:8467 Click GO TO TEST EXAMPLE. Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 15

Create a new Document! Follow the instructions in the image below.

• STEP 16

Your new document at a glance!

Enjoy OnlyOffice!

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

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
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This post was updated on Tuesday / December 3rd, 2024 at 11:38 PM