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How to access your Synology NAS services over public Web

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

To access the Syonology NAS ports outside of your local network, you need to set up DDNS, a wildcard certificate, and a reverse proxy to support HTTPS access.

DDNS

Go to Control Panel / External Access / DDNS. Click Add.

Make the following selections:

Service Provider: Synology
Hostname: yourname.synology.me
Username/Email: <your email>
Password: <make it up>
Exteral address: no need to change

Wildcard certificate

Go to Control Panel / Security / Certificate. Click Add.

How to find out your UID and GID on Synology NAS

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

The UID and GID values for default user on Synlogy NAS are usually 1026 and 100. There is a very simple way to check the values as follows:

Create a new Scheduled task asn User-defined script
Name the script whatever you see fit
Set it to be not repeating
Set it to send run details to your email
Write the script:
```
id
```
Not too complex, huh?
Run it and soon enough, you will receive the email containing the UID and GID values.

These values will be needed to install some Docker containers, for instance the Codeserver.

How to Set Up a Codeserver on Synology NAS

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:00:00 +0000

Have you ever missed the VSCode on your tablet? Now there is a solution: run the VSCode on your NAS at home and access it with a browser. That will be possible when you run the Codeserver Docker container on your NAS.

Before you do this, you probably want to set up a wildcard certificate and a proxy server on your NAS. That will enable you to access the NAS outside your local network using HTTPS. How to do it, check this: How to Set Up Wildcard Certificate and Reverse Proxy on Synology NAS