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Docker can be an alternative to virtual machines. If you don't have enough memory to run virtual machines on your Synology NAS, you can run Docker containers instead. Docker containers require a very little amount of memory and system resources to run. Running Docker Containers on Synology NAS is explained in this article. FileBot is the ultimate tool for organizing and renaming your Movies, TV Shows and Anime as well as fetching subtitles and artwork. It's smart and just works.

1. Installation

Keep in mind that Lidarr will need read and write to the download folders as well as the final folders. For a more detailed explanation of these issues, see The Best Docker Setup and Docker Guide wiki article. 2 Install Lidarr. To install and use these Docker images, you'll need to keep the above in mind while following their documentation. Note: I will be using the command line in this guide however the containers will still be visible in the Synology Docker UI. TL;DR (too long, don’t read) Download the docker-compose.yaml 1 file to your Synology, edit all the network addresses replacing the example network 192.168.123.X with your own network. And run the following command. Find and install Docker in the Package Center. Search the registry for haugene 3. Download the latest image for haugene/transmission-openvpn. While the image is downloading, we’ll complete the next steps. Create Transmission Directory. Next, we’ll create a couple of folders.

Simply find and install a Docker application from the Synology Package Center.

Note: If you do not find the application in your Package Center, your Synology is most probably not supported yet:

Due to the hardware requirement, Docker will be only available on the following models:
18 series: DS3018xs, DS918+, DS718+, DS218+
17 series: FS3017, FS2017, RS18017xs+, RS4017xs+, RS3617xs+, RS3617xs, RS3617RPxs, DS3617xs, DS1817+, DS1517+
16 series: RS18016xs+, RS2416+, RS2416RP+, DS916+, DS716+II, DS716+, DS216+II, DS216+
15-series: RC18015xs+, DS3615xs, DS2415+, DS1815+, DS1515+, RS815RP+, RS815+, DS415+
14-series: RS3614xs+, RS3614xs, RS3614RPxs, RS2414RP+, RS2414+, RS814RP+, RS814+
13-series: DS2413+, RS3413xs+, RS10613xs+, DS1813+, DS1513+, DS713+
12-series: DS3612xs, RS3412xs, RS3412RPxs, RS2212RP+, RS2212+, DS1812+, DS1512+, RS812RP+, RS812+, DS412+, DS712+
11-series: DS3611xs, DS2411+, RS3411xs, RS3411RPxs, RS2211RP+, RS2211+, DS1511+, DS411+II, DS411+
10-series: DS1010+, RS810RP+, RS810+, DS710+(source, last updated 09-29-2017)

2. How to use it?

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When you start a Docker application, you will see an application menu on the left side:

• Overview
• Registry
• Image
• Container
• Log

Overview

Here you will see your running containers, i.e. your running applications including allocated memory and CPU resources.

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Registry

On the registry page, you can search for new images (the same as on the official site). You can also add some new repositories (in addition to the official site) in Settings.

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After you found your image (e.g. ubuntu in our case), you should download it to your Synology. All Images are read-only and you can use them multiple times for more containers.

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Image

Here you will find images available on your Synology, ready to create new containers using a wizard or directly with a docker run command. You can usually find this command on the official page with an image.

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We use a long running process for creating a new container from a docker run command:

The Synology wizard checks your command for compatibility, not all docker run parameters are available for use.

• Docker run supports the below parameters:
  • 'd', 'detach'
  • 'e', 'env'
  • 'link'
  • 'm', 'memory'
  • 'name'
  • 'P', 'publish-all'
  • 'p', 'publish'
  • 'privileged'
  • 'v', 'volume'
• Docker run does not support the below parameters:
  • 'a', 'attach'
  • 'add-host'
  • 'c', 'cpu-shares'
  • 'cap-add'
  • 'cap-drop'
  • 'cidfile'
  • 'cpuset'
  • 'device'
  • 'dns'
  • 'dns-search'
  • 'entrypoint'
  • 'env-file'
  • 'expose'
  • 'h', 'hostname'
  • 'i', 'interactive'
  • 'lxc-conf'
  • 'net'
  • 'restart'
  • 'rm'
  • 'security-opt'
  • 'sig-proxy'
  • 't', 'tty'
  • 'u', 'user'
  • 'w', 'workdir'

Basically, your containers need to run as a daemon on your Synology (an opposite to run an interactive shell). It makes sense, you cannot run an interactive shell in your Synology Docker application in a web browser.

Back to our new ubuntu container (actually got name dummyUbuntu). The wizard offers to set more options, but we want to create a dummy container, so click Next, Next, Next.

Container

The dummyUbuntu container appears now on the Container page.

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The last step is waiting for us: Run it.

When you double click on any container, a window with some more details about a running container appears.

You see some information about our dummyUbuntu container and capability to Start, Stop, Restart it.

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You can see other information about a running container using the top menu.

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On the Log tab, you can see logs from your container (not automatically refreshed, maybe in the future with the parameter -f as available in the standard Docker client).

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The last tab Terminal shows output of a command used to run your container (in our case the dummy long running process: 'while true; do echo hello world; sleep 1; done' )

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Note: The docker attach command never starts a new instance of a shell, instead of that you will see an ongoing output of the first start command. For more alternatives, see the point 8 on page 10 Useful Docker Commands – Tips and Tricks.