ProfitTrailer is an advanced and powerful crypto trading bot that helps you automate your trading. Due to its 24/7, always running nature, it would seem that it is a great fit to run on a NAS such as the ones from Synology.
- ProfitTrailer: https://profittrailer.com/
- Wiki: https://wiki.profittrailer.com/
Make sure that your Synology NAS has Docker installed. Go to Package Center search for Docker and click Install if it is not yet installed.
On File Station create a folder that your ProfitTrailer will be installed.
Go to Docker and click on Registry, and search for canecasama. You should see this installation canecasama/profittrailer,
double click it to download the Docker image.
Now on Docker, click on Image, you should see canecasama/profittrailer:latest on your list of images,
double click it to start the wizard.
Choose a suitable Container Name such as profittrailer, and click on Advanced Settings.
(Optional) Select Enable auto-restart, so the container will restart if it gets shutdown.
Click in Volume, and then Add Folder, find the folder you created on step 2 and on Mount Path type /app/ProfitTrailer.
Click in Port Settings, and change Container Port to 8081, and Local Port to something you will remember and is not in use for
any other Synology NAS applications. For example 8070. This number will be used to access your ProfitTrailer later.
Click Apply, then Next, then verify that all the configuration is correct on the Summary and click Apply again.
Now your container will be created. It might take a few minutes.
On Docker click on Container, and your newly created container should be there.
Once created the first time, the container will shut down. You will need to restart it, if you didn't select auto-restart previously.
If you double-click your container, and go to Log, you should see if all went well. If the message Please finish the setup process in your browser then you can proceed to the last step.
(Optional) You can also check your folder created on step 2 that it might contain all installation files of ProfitTrailer.
On a new tab on your browser, open your ProfitTrailer on the same IP address as your Synology NAS, with the port that
you selected on step 4. In my case NAS is http://127.0.0.1:5000/ and ProfitTrailer is http://127.0.0.1:8070/.
Now you can configure your ProfitTrailer with your credentials and start your tradings.
WARNING: Before proceeding check ProfitTrailer wiki, and verify if there is any incompatibility with updating the versions. This tutorial will only work if there is no ProfitTrailer incompatibility with the versions.
Remember to always backup your data before attempting to update to new versions.
There are two ways to update to a newer version of ProfitTrailer, update on a new folder or on the same folder.
On your Synoloy NAS, go to Docker, then click in Container. In there you will see a list of all your running containers. Find your instance of the ProfitTrailer, click the off switch and wait a few moments until the switch turns grey indicating the container is stopped.
Just follow all the same steps as on first installation, but on installation step 2 create a different folder as the current running installation, and name the new container with a different Container Name and a different Local Port.
Once the new ProfitTrailer is installed, stop it following the same steps as step 1.
Once the new ProfitTrailer is installed, go to your old ProfitTrailer folder and copy the folder data, and logs inside the new ProfitTrailer folder.
Now your profit trailer should be working with same configuration as it were before, but with the new ProfitTrailer version. To be sure it worked, you should be asked your password to login on ProfitTrailer, and not the Terms of Service page.
In case you want, you can delete the old ProfitTrailer container and the old ProfitTrailer folder.
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I take no responsibility over any problems occurred during this installation, or anytime after it. It is solely your responsibility to properly backup your files, and manage your data. This docker container is only a way to make my life easier, and if it helps anyone, it is a plus.
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