Posts in category synology

12 Jul 2024

Why won't my Synology server stay shutdown?

Dev SysAdmin Synology

I've got an old (but trusty) Synology DS215j NAS. Cheap and cheerful. The only down side is that until recently you couldn't keep it off.

19 May 2021

Synology NAS and Let's Encrypt (again)

Dev Synology Sysadmin Let's Encrypt

I have an old article (Jan 2019) about how I managed to get a Let's Encrypt SSL certificate on my Synology NAS. It's a hack built on a hack (liberal use of `chattr +i` for example!), but it has mostly worked fine for the last couple of years. However, when the cert recently came up for renewal it failed. Instead of fixing, a quick Google search shows there are much better options available now via acme.sh.

08 Jan 2019

A Story about Let’s Encrypt and my Synology NAS

Dev Let's Encrypt SysAdmin Synology

New year, new (sysadmin) me, or something like that. Step one was to fix a failing backup jobs on my Synology NAS. As usual, things escalated.