1 Install on Synology NAS with Portainer

Caileb edited this page 2025-05-29 15:29:25 -05:00

Table of Contents

• 1. Create Skeleton in File Station
• 2. Deploy stack in Portainer
• 4. Verify & manage

1. Create Skeleton in File Station

1. Log in to DSM and open File Station
2. Navigate to the docker folder
3. Click Create → Create folder, name it Checkpoint
4. Inside Checkpoint, create three subfolders:
   • data
   • db
   • config (place your configuration TOML files here)
5. Upload your .env file if you have one

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2. Deploy stack in Portainer

1. Open Portainer → Stacks → Add stack
2. Under Build method, choose Repository
3. Fill in fields:
   • Repository URL: https://git.caileb.com/Caileb/Checkpoint.git
   • Repository reference: refs/heads/master
   • Compose path: docker-compose-synology.yml
4. If your repo is private, toggle Authentication on and enter your credentials or deploy key
5. (Optional) Under Environment variables:
   • Click Load variables from .env file to import your .env entries into Portainer
6. Click Deploy the stack

Portainer will:

• Clone your repo to its workspace
• Build the Docker image from your Dockerfile
• Start the checkpoint container with your volume folders mounted

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4. Verify & manage

• Containers: Portainer → Containers → look for checkpoint
• Logs: Portainer → Logs button
• Settings / Redeploy: Portainer → Stacks → checkpoint → Actions

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You're done. Checkpoint is now running on your Synology NAS!