Introduction

Following the previous tutorials, you’ve likely been impressed by the powerful capabilities of Synology NAS. If you’ve already taken the plunge and set up your own unit, the next pressing question is: how do you securely access your data over the public internet?

This article will first provide a concise overview of the fundamental principles behind secure internet access using HTTPS, aimed at helping curious users understand the underlying concepts. Then, we will dive into the settings available within Synology’s DSM to configure HTTPS access. Since this may involve your specific network topology, some adjustments might be needed based on your actual setup.

Let’s get started.

Introduction

In addition to File Backup mentioned in last post, Synology offers lots of applications with out-of-the-box and cross-platform(Web+App) feature. These utility software do increase Synology’s market share and population growth.

Not only to set up your own media center with these apps, but you can also deploy services as email/teamwork/CRM/WIKI/e-business at once to meet kinds of business needs.

This post lists killer apps for personal use and shares my experience. Highly recommended~

Introduction

After introducing how to choose one suitable Synology NAS model in previous post, I will show the path to build your own family data center by builtin apps of DSM in the following sections:

• Basic：User & Shared Folder
• Backup：PC Data
• Application：File Sync
• Application：Photo
• Application：Video & Audio
• Application：Download

This post is focused on backup, here we go!

Introduction

I am a fan of personal NAS with more than 2-year experience and have recently upgraded my DS216J to DS918+ at the 618-Sale event.

As more and more friends show interest in personal NAS, it’s time to write a series of posts sharing some useful tips and my best practices.

In this first post, I will explain what NAS is and which problems it can resolve.