Synology offers a variety of solid storage systems and comes with software that offers a wide variety of features. One great feature is the ability to create encrypted folders. I want to talk about Synology encrypted folders and what you need to know in this post. Synology While I have not blogged much about Synology,. You can mount virtual drives to access the contents of disc images with File Station. To mount a virtual drive: Select a disc image and click Tools Mount Virtual Drive. Click Browse to select or create an empty destination folder on your Synology NAS for mounting the virtual drive. I need to attach 2TB disk from Synology to one of virtual servers, but unfortunately Veeam has limited options to backup such disks. 1) First I tried to create iSCSI target and LUN on Synology, connect the LUN to physical server, make it offline and attach to virtual server. Veeam cannot backup 'pass througt disks'.

This guide contains detailed instructions on how to setup Synology NAS DiskStation with WebDav, in order to be able to Map (mount) the NAS Shared drive as a Network drive outside of the local network. (Windows 10, 7, 8 or 7 OS).A few days ago I installed a NAS drive (specifically a Synology NAS DiskStation DS418) for one of my clients. During the installation, my client asked to have the ability to access the NAS shared files over the Internet in an easy way (e.g. as another drive in Windows Explorer) and without using Synology's Web interface (which is excellent for making basic tasks).

How to Configure and Access Synology NAS with WebDAV over Internet.

Step 1. Set up WebDav on Synology NAS device.

Step 2. Assign a Static IP Address on Synology NAS.

Step 3. Obtain a Free Domain Name using a DDNS Service.

Step 4. Setup Port Forwarding on your Router.

Step 5. Set up DDNS on Synology NAS Device.

Step 6. Map Synology Shared Drive in Windows Explorer.

Step 1. Configure and Enable WebDav Server on Synology NAS.

1. From Synology NAS WEB UI open Package Center.
2. Go to All Packages and then find and install the WebDav Server Package.
3. When done, go to Installed packages and open WebDav Server.

4. At Settings options, enable the HTTPS protocol only (HTTPS Port:5006), in order to have only securely access to your files over Internet (using HTTPS and SSL) and then click Apply.

Step 2. Assign a Local Static IP Address on Synology NAS Device.

1. From Synology NAS WEB UI open Control Panel.
2. Click Network on the left pane and then select the active LAN (connected) and click Edit.

3. in IPv4 tab:

a. Select the Use manual configuration option.
b. Assign a Static IP Address for your Synology NAS device (e.g. 192.168.1.199) and then fill the rest required fields (Subnet mask, Gateway, DNS Server) according to your Network settings.
c. When done click OK

Step 3. Get a Free Domain Name from a Free DDNS Service Provider.

In order to access your files on Synology NAS server from outside, you need to register a free Domain Name from a free DDNS* service provider.**

* A DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System) service maps Internet Domain Names to Dynamic IP addresses. A DDNS service lets you to access your devices on your local network from anywhere in the world.

** List of some free Dynamic DNS Service Providers:

Step 4. Setup Port Forwarding on your Router.

To be able to access your NAS shared files from outside of your local network, you need to forward the port '5006' (on your router) to the NAS IP address (e.g. '192.168.1.199'). To do that:

1. Open your router's administration page.
2. Go NAT settings and select Virtual server. *
3. Then forward the port '5006' to NAS Synology IP address (e.g. '192.168.1.99').

* Note: See your router's manual on how to set up port forwarding.

Step 5. Set up DDNS on Synology NAS Device.

After registering a free DDNS Domain Name (e.g. 'example.ddns.net'), proceed to enable DDNS support on Synology NAS DiskStation. To do that:

1. From Synology NAS WEB UI go to Control Panel –> External Access.

2. At DDNS tab click Add.

3. At DDNS settings:

a. Select your DDNS provider. (e.g. No-IP.com')
b. Type the DDNS hostname you have registered. (e.g. example.ddns.net')
c. Type your Username/Email & Password on DDNS provider.
d. When done, click the Test Connection button.
e. If the connection is successful, click the OK button to save the changes and continue to the next step.

Step 6. Remotely Map Synology Shared Drive as Another Drive in Windows Explorer.

The final step, is to map (mount) the NAS Synology Shared files, from outside. To accomplish this task you can use one of the following methods:

Method 1. Map Synology Drive using File Explorer.

To map the Synology drive, as a Network Drive using the Windows File Explorer:

1.Right-click on the This PC icon in explorer and choose Map Network Drive.

2. At Map Network Drive settings:

a. Choose a Drive letter for the mapped sinology folder.
b. At Folder box, type the Synology's web address, in one of the following formats, according your desire:

To map all the shared folders of your NAS Server, type:

To map a specific folder on you NAS server, type:

https://ddns-address-name:5006/Shared-Folder-Name

* Notes:
1. Replace the ddns-address name, with your Synology's DYNDNS web address (e.g. example.ddns.net).
2. Replace the Shared-Folder-Name, with the name of the shared folder you want to access in the NAS Server.

e.g. If you want to map only the shared folder named 'Public' on your NAS Server with DYNDNS Address 'example.ddns.net' , type:

https://example.ddns.net:5006/Public

c. Click Finish when done. *

* Note: In some cases the 'Connect using different credentials' box, must be checked before clicking Finish.

3. Type your credentials, check the Remember my credentials checkbox and click OK.

4. That's it.

Method 2. Map Synology Drive using WebDrive

The second method to map the Synology Shared Folders is to use the the WebDrive* utility.

* WebDrive is an excellent drive mapping utility that uses open FTP, FTPS, SFTP, and WebDAV protocols to access remote file servers that supports these protocols (FTP, FTPS, SFTP, WebDAV).

1. Download and install WebDrive.
2. Open WebDrive mapping utility and on the Site Wizard select the Secure WebDav server type and click Next.

3. At the 'Account Information' screen:

a. Type the DDNS name (e.g. 'example.ddns.net') and your credentials on the DDNS provider and then click Advanced Settings

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