Alternate method to install Joomla/Drupal on Synology NAS
If you want more control, want to install Joomla yourself or want to install any other CMS, you may also want to try this method. It require some basic knowledge about SSH / file transfer through.
Main differences compare to the other method
- You won’t have any icons into the packages manager,
- You wont be able to stop this services,
- More prone to errors
How to Install
In the Control Panel of your Synology DSM NAS, go to “Web Services” and activate
- Enable Web Station
- Enable MySQL
Use a Terminal to connect to your NAS, preferably as admin, using Winscp under windows for example.
Move to the directory
/volume1/web
Upload all your Joomla files into a new directory, for example in
/volume1/web/joomla
Point your browser to http://{youservernasname}/joomla/ and finish the installation of #Joomla.
