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Synology DiskStation Manager

System's shared folders

Automatically created by services or packages.

Cannot be changed/removed manually if their creator is still active or installed.

/volumeX
├── docker      # data container for the Docker service, created by it upon installation
├── homes       # all users' home directories, created by the SSH service upon activation
├── music       # created by the Media Server package upon installation
├── NetBackup   # created by the rsync service upon activation
├── photo       # created by the Media Server package upon installation
└── video       # created by the Media Server package upon installation

Rsync

Requirements:

1. the rsync service is enabled under Control Panel > File Services > rsync

2. the user has the right permissions for the shared folder under either

   • Control Panel > Shared Folders > Shared Folder edit window > Permissions, or
   • Control Panel > User & Group > User or Group edit window > Permissions

Examples:

# From a shared folder on a NAS to a local one.
# Use the SSH port defined in the NAS settings.
rsync \
  "user@nas:/volume1/shared_folder/" \
  "path/to/local/folder/" \
  --archive --copy-links --protect-args \
  --acls --xattrs --fake-super \
  --partial --append-verify --sparse \
  --progress -vv --no-inc-recursive \
  --compress --no-motd --rsh='ssh -p12345' \
  --exclude "@eaDir" --exclude "#recycle" \
  --delete --dry-run

# Sync all snapshotted data to a folder.
find /volume1/@sharesnap/shared_folder \
  -maxdepth 1 -mindepth 1 \
  -type d
| xargs -I {} -n 1 -t \
    rsync \
      -AXahvz --chown=user --info=progress2 \
      --append-verify --partial \
      --no-inc-recursive --no-motd \
      {}/ \
      /volume2/destination/folder/

Snapshots

Use the Snapshot Replication package available in the Package Center for better control and automation.

Gotchas:

1. when the Make snapshot visible option in a shared folder's settings in Snapshot Replication is ticked:

   • the #snapshot folder is created in the shared folder's root directory

   • the default snapshots directory for that shared folder is mounted on it in read only mode:

     /dev/mapper/cachedev_0 on /volume1/Data/#snapshot type btrfs (ro,nodev,relatime,ssd,synoacl,space_cache=v2,auto_reclaim_space,metadata_ratio=50,block_group_cache_tree,subvolid=266,subvol=/@syno/@sharesnap/Data)
     

Data deduplication

Requirements:

1. docker needs to be installed from the package manager, as it is simpler (and safer?) to run a container than installing duperemove or jdupes and all their dependencies on the machine

Remove duplicated files with jdupes

Examples:

# `sudo` is only needed if the user has no privileges to run `docker` commands.
sudo docker run \
  -it --init --rm --name jdupes \
  -v "/volume/shared_folder1:/data1" \
  -v "/volume/shared_folder2:/data2" \
  ghcr.io/jbruchon/jdupes:latest \
    -drOZ \
    -X 'nostr:@eaDir' -X 'nostr:#recycle' \
    "/data1" "/data2"

Deduplicate blocks in a volume with duperemove

Gotchas:

1. duperemove's container needs to be run in privileged mode (--privileged) due to it taking actions on the disk
2. the container might fail on very large datasets, usually due to Out Of Memory (OOM) issues; to avoid this:
   • offload the hashes from RAM using a hash file (--hashfile "/volume1/NetBackup/duperemove.tmp")
   • use smaller datasets where possible, like a shared folder and just one of its snapshots instead of all of them
3. duperemove can dedupe blocks only if acting on folders in a rw mount; when deduplicating snapshots, use their rw mount path /@syno/@sharesnap/shared_folder instead of their ro version /volumeN/shared_folder/#snapshot

Examples:

# small/medium dataset
# 2 folders in a shared folder
sudo docker run --privileged \
  --rm --name duperemove \
  --mount "type=bind,source=/volume1/Data,target=/sharedfolder" \
  michelecereda/duperemove:0.11.2 \
    -Adhr \
    "/sharedfolder/folder1" "/sharedfolder/folder2"

# large dataset
# 1 shared folder and all its snapshots
sudo docker run --privileged \
  --rm --name duperemove \
  --mount "type=bind,source=/volume1,target=/volume1" \
  michelecereda/duperemove:0.11.2 \
    -Adhr \
    --hashfile "/volume1/NetBackup/duperemove.tmp" \
    "/volume1/Data" "/volume1/@sharesnap/Data"

Use keybase

Just use a containerized service and execute commands with it:

# Run the service.
docker run -d --name 'keybase' \
  -e KEYBASE_SERVICE='1' \
  -e KEYBASE_USERNAME='user' \
  -e KEYBASE_PAPERKEY='paper key' \
  'keybaseio/client:stable'

# Execute commands using the containerized service.
docker exec \
  --user 'keybase' \
  keybase \
    keybase whoami

Manage git repositories with a containerized keybase instance

See the readme for michelecereda/keybaseio-client.

Ask for a feature to be implemented

Use the online feature request form. Posting a request on the community site will not work.

Further readings

• CLI Administrator Guide for Synology NAS

Sources

• Configuring deduplication block on the Synology