DockerOnSynologyArm64

Install Docker on Synology NAS with ARM64 (Armv8-AArch64) CPU

Info before install

• DSM7.0 and above support bridge mode
• During the installation process, you need to enable the SSH function of Synology
• Working directory of docker is /volume1/@docker

SCRIPT INSTALLATION

Execute the command sudo -i to become sudo

Download the script install.sh with the command wget https://github.com/ypkdani00/docker-on-synology-arm64/raw/main/install.sh

Launch the script

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Follow the last point RUN DOCKER her below

MANUAL INSTALLATION

1. Check processor architecture

Check the Processor Architecture by uname -m command, for example, the processor architecture of DS218play is 'aarch64'

2. Become sudo

Execute the command sudo -i to become sudo

3. Download docker

Go to the Docker download page https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/aarch64/

and replace the download address of the latest version according to the architecture

curl "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/aarch64/docker-xx.xx.x.tgz" | tar -xz -C /usr/bin --strip-components=1

here i will use

curl "https://download.docker.com/linux/static/stable/aarch64/docker-20.10.9.tgz" | tar -xz -C /usr/bin --strip-components=1

the file unzipped will be placed in /usr/bin

4. Docker Install

Create the directory

mkdir -p /volume1/@docker

Create the config file

mkdir -p /etc/docker

edit the file with vi or nano

vi /etc/docker/daemon.json

nano /etc/docker/daemon.json

and past the configuration

{
  "storage-driver": "vfs",
  "iptables": false,
  "data-root": "/volume1/@docker"
}

/volume1/@docker is the docker working directory, which can be modified as needed

use SHIFT Z Z to save and exit

Run Docker

Execute the command

dockerd &

if will be showed the line API listen on /var/run/docker.sock the docker is correctly running, press CTRL+C

Create a scheduled task

Login in the Synology NAS web page and go to:

DSM > Control Panel > Scheduled Tasks
Added > Triggered Tasks > User Defined Scripts

Task: Event Software
User: root
Event: start
Before mission: none
Run command: dockerd &

do a reboot of the NAS from the WEB GUI or with the command sudo reboot

wait until the docker container go up, you can re-login with SSH and check this with the command

docker ps

in the column STATUS you need to wait UP X minutes, normally it take 2-3min before the docker container be completelly up.

DONE