Getting Started with Your Synology: Installing Jellyfin
Installing Jellyfin on DSM with Container Manager: a compose file that does not need host networking, a first-run wizard that never phones home, and…
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Getting Started with Your Synology: Installing Plex
Installing Plex on DSM with Container Manager and a real compose file: claim tokens, why Plex wants host networking, and where hardware transcoding actually…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Backups and Snapshots
RAID is not a backup. Snapshot Replication and Hyper Backup solve two different failures, and an external drive left plugged in solves neither. Plus…
Getting Started with Your Synology: Docker/Container Manager vs. the Package Center
Package Center or Container Manager? One is the appliance path, the other is where the entire self-hosted ecosystem actually publishes. The choice shapes every…
Getting Started with Your Synology: First-Time DSM Setup
Getting a Synology NAS from box to daily driver: the DSM install wizard, an admin account worth the name, SHR storage, 2FA before anything…