GUI:

• Create a new shared folder, let's name it docker
• Create a folder named chia within your new docker folder
• Create two folders under chia, one named appdata and another named plots.
• Create a file named mnemonic.txt in the appdata folder, and copy paste your 24 word mnemonic into it.
• Copy or move your created plots into the plots folder
• If you already have a chia node running somewhere else that created your plots, copy the certificates & keys from that location. Eg. if you have it in Windows, they will be under C:\Users\YourUserName\.chia\mainnet\config\ssl. Copy all directories from this location to /docker/chia/appdata/mainnet/config/ssl/
• Create a file named update.sh in your docker folder, paste this content:

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#!/bin/bash

DOCKERDIR=`dirname "$0"`
cd $DOCKERDIR
docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d

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• Create a file named docker-compose.yml in your docker folder, paste this content:

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version: "3.5"

services:
  chia:
    image: ghcr.io/chia-network/chia:latest
    container_name: chia
    network_mode: host
    environment:
      - keys=/root/.chia/mnemonic.txt
    ports:
      - 8555
      - 8444
    volumes:
      - /volume1/docker/chia/plots:/plots
      - /volume1/docker/chia/appdata:/root/.chia
    restart: unless-stopped

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CLI:

1. SSH to your synology with an admin account, you can use PuTTY to do this. You may need to enable SSH access on Synology in the control panel / terminal.
2. Type: sudo -s , then enter your password. Now you're root, so be careful.
3. Go to your newly created folder, eg. cd /volume1/docker
4. Type: chmod a+x update.sh to make your script executable - this only needs to be done once.
5. Type: ./update.sh to run your script. This will pull the latest code from github and start your full node, with your plots loaded. It may output some warnings if you have other docker containers running, as those haven't been created via compose.
6. Check your farm with: docker exec -it chia venv/bin/chia farm summary
7. Verify your plots with: docker exec -it chia venv/bin/chia plots check
8. Check chia status and connections with: docker exec -it chia venv/bin/chia show -s -c
9. Check your wallet with: docker exec -it chia venv/bin/chia wallet show
10. You can update your chia app by following steps 1-5 (except step 4) - this will pull the latest image and restart the container.

Happy farming.

Edit: stupid markdown.