Synology Install Trilium With Portainer

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Synology Install Trilium With Portainer

My previous guide for Trilium involved the use of Task Scheduler. Today I’m offering a recommended and excellent alternative for installing the latest Trilium version via Portainer. Trilium Notes is a hierarchical note taking application with focus on building large personal knowledge bases. You can look at Trilium as your own self-hosted Wikipedia. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Trilium on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.

💡Note: This guide works perfectly with the latest Trilium v0.90.12 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 trilium. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 1

  • STEP 4

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.

1 Synology Portainer Add Stack

  • STEP 5

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

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

services:
  trilium:
    image: triliumnext/notes:latest
    container_name: Trilium
    mem_limit: 8g
    cpu_shares: 2048
    healthcheck:
      test: timeout 10s bash -c ':> /dev/tcp/127.0.0.1/8080' || exit 1
      interval: 10s
      timeout: 5s
      retries: 3
      start_period: 90s
    security_opt:
      - no-new-privileges:false
    restart: on-failure:5
    environment:
      - TRILIUM_DATA_DIR=/home/node/trilium-data
      - USER_UID=1026
      - USER_GID=100
    ports:
      - 4292:8080
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/trilium:/home/node/trilium-data:rw

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

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 2 new 2025

  • STEP 6

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.

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 3 new 2025

  • STEP 7

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

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 4

  • STEP 8

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

  • STEP 9

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:4292 If you are a new user, select the first option “I’m a new user and I want to create new Trilium document for my notes”. Click Next. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 5

  • STEP 10

Add your own Password. Click Set password. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 6

  • STEP 11

Type in your own Password that you have previously chosen at STEP 10. Click Login. Follow the instructions in the image below.

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 7

  • STEP 12

Your Trilium dashboard at a glance!

Trilium Synology NAS Portainer Set up 8

Enjoy Trilium!

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

Note: Can I run Docker on my Synology NAS? See the supported models.
Note: How to Back Up Docker Containers on your Synology NAS.
Note: Find out how to update the Trilium container with the latest image.
Note: How to Free Disk Space on Your NAS if You Run Docker.
Note: How to Schedule Start & Stop For Docker Containers.
Note: How to Activate Email Notifications.
Note: How to Add Access Control Profile on Your NAS.
Note: How to Change Docker Containers Restart Policy.
Note: How to Use Docker Containers With VPN.
Note: Convert Docker Run Into Docker Compose.
Note: How to Clean Docker.
Note: How to Clean Docker Automatically.
Note: Best Practices When Using Docker and DDNS.
Note: Some Docker Containers Need WebSocket.
Note: Find out the Best NAS Models For Docker.
Note: Activate Gmail SMTP For Docker Containers.

This post was updated on Monday / November 25th, 2024 at 1:25 AM

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