Help getting started on a new Synology

[laithoron]

Background
Long-time Roll20 user, but I'm hoping to switch to Foundry to get around the slowness and other limitations of that platform.

Since I just treated myself to a new Synology for Christmas, I figured running the VTT straight from the NAS would be ideal since that's where I want to offload all the assets from my PC anyhow. I figure this way I don't have to worry about syncing files between the VTT PC, my gaming rig, and the laptop I use when I'm brainstorming, etc.

Unfortunately, even though I'm a sys admin for a living, my experience is mainly in Windows, VMware, and networking -- I'm effectively a box-noob when it comes to Linux and Docker.

What I've Tried
Initially, I tried following this tutorial on YouTube, but it gets stuck in a reboot loop due to the same permissions error as in discussion 1197. Naturally, I followed those instructions and performed the command to recursively grant ownership to 1000. After doing so, I refreshed the folders in File Station and under Owner it lists 1000. Regardless, I still end up with the same permissions issue.

Next I tried doing what another Synology user suggested in the associated Reddit thread linked to from above: I went into the Project section of Container Manager and created a new YAML configuration by copying the example in the ReadMe section here on GitHub, but I run into the same permissions issue -- just like the user who responded to that reply a few months ago.

Now one thing I notice is, if I go into the properties for the folder I specified and tell it to apply 1000 as Owner on this folder, sub-folders, and files, it tells me "Please specify a valid user or group." Sure enough, there's no user named 1000 in Control Panel so I figured it couldn't hurt to try and create it with a dummy password and grant it R/W to the whole Docker path. The good news is, this time I didn't get the error about specifying a valid user or group, but I still get the permissions same error referencing Discussion 1197.

At this point, I'm stumped. Any suggestions?

[laithoron]

In case it helps to show my work...

[laithoron]

Well, I never was able to get this working with Docker, but Node.js turned out to be viable so I'll just be running with that instead.

Thanks anyhow...

[marchoeppner]

This used to work just fine, maybe you can get it to work:

https://foundryvtt.wiki/en/setup/hosting/synology-with-docker

[marchoeppner]

As for your specific issue, the user 1000 probably doesn't exist on a Synology. User accounts start at 1030

It was previously possible to get the container to launch with another user and group (like a dedicated docker user) using PUID and PGID as env variables. But I had no luck getting that to work after going from V12 to V13