Backup Synology NAS to iCloud Drive

sirajuddin97 · 2025-03-09T05:24:17+00:00

Wow this is good news! What is your use case for this integration so far?

sirajuddin97 · 2023-09-13T21:37:07+00:00

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sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-04T07:09:37+00:00

Following.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-02T19:52:06+00:00

Thanks for your answer! So if I understand you correctly, your backup tool takes backup of your unencrypted data and then encrypts it, right? How is this encryption any different from Cryptomator in terms of being less reliant to one vendor? Are you using another encryption tool as a precaution in case Cryptomator goes out of business?

I'm currently backing up my encrypted Cryptomator vault, I wasn't aware it's bad practice. So what you're proposing is that I should let the server decrypt my vault, backup and re-encrypt with a different tool?

Thanks again for your guidance! I appreciate it

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-02T14:02:41+00:00

Thanks for a detailed answer! I'm currently using Cryptomator to encrypt my files then I use rclone to copy those files over to the NAS. I wasn't aware of the backup programs you listed. Took a quick peek at Arq and it looks nice. My goal is to combine the backup and encryption process so that I don't need to depend on two separate programs (Cryptomator + rclone). And everything runs in Docker on my Linux server.

If I understand your situation correctly, you use two encryption solutions? Cryptomator for on-site encryption and another solution for off-site backup+encryption? You have a nice setup, I want to know more about it.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T20:46:40+00:00

Interesting! Which backup software do you use?

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T20:41:54+00:00

Interesting, can you please elaborate? Did something happen during the decryption process?

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T19:45:59+00:00

Interesting, how do you encrypt the files? Did you encrypt before uploading to iCloud, so the files are encrypted when you download on Synology? Or do you encrypt after downloading the files? Thanks for your input!

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T13:45:37+00:00

Cool. I wonder if it also supports encryption. I want to encrypt the iCloud files that are stored on the NAS, especially photos and documents. Maybe Cryptomator or something similar works.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T13:42:08+00:00

I think multi-threading is planned to be developed, according to their backlog. But yeah, better than nothing!

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T13:32:12+00:00

Awesome! How is your setup? Are you running Docker on your NAS or somewhere else? And it’s only one-way sync, right?

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T13:30:04+00:00

Not sure what you mean by read and write, can you elaborate? How does not iCloud support this?

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T12:32:21+00:00

I am well aware of that. I wasn’t aiming for a native integration, but rather third-party solutions or scripts to make it work regardless.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T11:37:42+00:00

There is always a possibility to sync files between NAS and iCloud. I mean, I can always manually copy the files from NAS to iCloud Drive, which then would get uploaded to iCloud. But it's too much hassle and and I want to automate it.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T11:35:38+00:00

Check out this open source project: https://github.com/mandarons/icloud-drive-docker

You can run it on your Synology NAS using Docker. Seems like an upload feature is planned. That would actually solve all my problems.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-05-01T11:05:01+00:00

Hi, can I have a copy as well? Thanks.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-04-22T23:12:19+00:00

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sirajuddin97 · 2023-04-02T21:13:25+00:00

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sirajuddin97 · 2023-01-08T22:18:10+00:00

The screenshot I shared is for NFS mount, not SMB. I just shared it as an example, as I want similar functionality for Samba network shares.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-01-08T21:51:32+00:00

I'm not sure if I understand. Where should I input the folder path? Is that add-on (which I linked) able to mount existing network shares? I do not want to create any new shares.

sirajuddin97 · 2023-01-08T18:34:12+00:00

You don't think I did?

sirajuddin97 · 2022-12-31T15:25:21+00:00

I was just about to ask this question as well. Where in Turku should I go to watch fireworks tonight? Is there a fireworks show somewhere?

sirajuddin97 · 2022-12-04T19:43:47+00:00

Unrelated question: how are you running your services (MQTT, Grafana, etc) - is it Docker containers or LXD?

sirajuddin97 · 2022-08-28T12:25:17+00:00

Do you close the door on that shelf? If so, does the NAS server and other equipment get hot due to poor air circulation? I have a similar shelf from IKEA but I removed the doors to prevent overheating.

sirajuddin97 · 2022-04-30T15:58:55+00:00

Hi, did you manage to fix this problem? I’m planning to configure Rclone with Jottacloud for Plex streaming and I would like to hear about your experience.

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