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Secure Erase / Shred an External USB Hard Disk HDD in Synology NAS

2024-04-21
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

First make sure you have SynoCommunity packages installed: – SynoCli File Tools. You should also have screen or tmux installed and working, along with fdisk and shred. SSH into your NAS and check which disk is the...

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  • Synology
  • Ubiquiti
  • Virtualization

Upgrade UniFi Network Controller on Synology using Docker

2022-11-29
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

For this to work I’m assuming you already have a volume mounted somewhere on your storage pool, such as /volume1/docker/unifi. Create a backup using the Web UI of UniFi by going to Settings > System > Backup and...

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  • Synology

Synology NAS DSM 7 with AdGuard Home AdBlock via Docker

2022-11-12
by Gábor Hargitai
2 min read

Just sold your Raspberry Pi and looking for an alternative to a containerised PiHole instance? There are a few reasons why you might consider using AdGuard Home for this very purpose. Network It is highly advisable to...

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  • Synology

Synology NAS DSM 7 HyperBackup Target Always Connecting or Offline

2021-08-27
by Gábor Hargitai
1 min read

Since updating to DSM 7, when opening HyperBackup all of my targets were stuck on “Connecting” which eventually lead to the dreaded “Offline” state. What fixed this behaviour for me was to disable IPv6...

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