Synology allow access to other volume folders

[tamet83]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

Don't know, still have to deploy the solution

Describe the solution you'd like

Reading this part of the guide
I realized that no information is provided to adjust the access permission on other folder inside the Synology volume. I'm aware that Nextcloud is very demanding in terms of permission.
I'd like to keep the docker container file and the data I have to put inside nextcloud separate.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Additional context

[szaimen]

Hi, can you please clarify what you want to achieve? Do you want to give AIO access to multiple synology volumes?

[tamet83]

Hi,

I intend to install Docker AIO on Volume 2 which is limited in space.
I need to store documents inside a folder on Volume 1 which has much more space available

[szaimen]

So we have these two options availble:

• https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-change-the-default-location-of-nextclouds-datadir
• https://github.com/nextcloud/all-in-one?tab=readme-ov-file#how-to-allow-the-nextcloud-container-to-access-directories-on-the-host

Additonally you can easily mount SMB shares easily within Nextcloud by using the external storage app: https://docs.nextcloud.com/server/stable/admin_manual/configuration_files/external_storage/smb.html

[tamet83]

@szaimen
Hi, thanks for your response.
I'm aware about the two solution you mentioned but there are some things I don't understand:

1. DATADIR: is a folder where NC stores all the setup files right? If yes this can remain in the Volume 2
2. MOUNT: inside the guide is specified to change ownership and permission on the folder with 2 example for linux and windows. How about permission in Synology? I suppose I can't use the linux example.
3. SMB shares sounds not feasible if nextcloud is inside my synology where I want to save my data. Am I right?

[szaimen]

1. only Nextcloud datadir is stored in the configuted datadir. Other persistent data like the database is stored in docker volumes. If you don't configure the datadir, it will be stored in a docker volume, too
2. you should be able to addjust the permissions like on Linux since Synology OS is also linux based
3. SMB shares can be used inside Nextcloud to store the data there by using the external storage app. See the link above.