Accessing files on a Synology Diskstation via a local IP - webserver

I have a Synology Diskstation with a number of shared folders including a folder with a large number of images which I've organized via Photostation.
I also have a virtual machine on the NAS which is running as a webserver. I'm trying to figure out the best way to access the images through the webserver using http.
example: http:DiskstaitonIP/shared_folder/images/folder_A/image_1.jpg


The only way I was able to come up with was to install Web Station, and configure it to the base directory.

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Encrypt the docker images and ship them to client

We have a spring boot application that is using mongo db.
We need to up this complete application on a machine which is owned by our client and installed at their premises. We need to encrypt the application in such a way that nothing can be extracted from it.
We are planning to do this by using docker. As of now we are planning to create a docker-compose file and give it to the client. We will create images on our end and push them to a repository.
As we can extract the containers and get the data from them, hence this approach would not work for us. Is there any way to get things done with help of docker itself so the files will not be extracted?
Files that we need to abstract are our jar files and database.
we have already created a compose file that will up two containers one for the spring-boot application and another for mongo.
We have also tried to extract the container and we easily get the jar out of it and also the db credentials which we have mentioned in the script and copied in /docker-entrypoint-initdb.d/.
Need to do something so that the credentials and jar files will not get extracted.

Sharing vscode-server for multiple users to save disk space

We have a Linux server (Ubuntu 20.04) with ~100 users and very limited disk space. The disk quota for each user should be limited to 100MB. The access to the server is via SSH.
Several users want to use VSCode for remote development of source code (not shared) that resides on the server. They can install the remote server for VSCode, but it results in a rather large directory .vscode-server from 300MB and up for each user. This would fill up the disk with just a few users activating and using it.
Ideally the users could share the VSCode-server part just as they share all the other software development tools on this server. Is this possible, and how to do it?
Upgrading the server hardware/disk is not possible for the scope of this question.

Build file server to upload files from IPhone and Mac using Raspberry Pie

Is it possible to build a File storage server using Raspberry Pi 3 to upload files from apple device using Wifi?

Yes, I believe so. Use nginx or Apache to host it and have a PHP or JS script that accepts files from an HTML form and saves them.
For me, Apache is easier to use, but I prefer nginx as it is much faster.
Once you have the server and HTML/PHP/JS set up just navigate to your Pi's IP in Safari. There you go!
You do, however, have limitations. Saving files to an external flash drive is your best option, unless your Pi is only being used as a server. In that case, make sure you chown the folder where you would like to save the files to the user that the server uses (www-data for nginx, I think it's the same for Apache)
If I was unclear about anything, just let me know!

netbeans mass ftp

I am familiar with the ftp in netbeans and I send my projects to multiple servers, so I have multiple remote connections. When a change is made it takes a while to reconfigure the project to the next remote connection and send the project to the location on the server. Also, each remote connection setup is the exact same, except for the ip address of course.
I am wondering, is there a way to do a mass ftp to all of my remote connections at once?
or
Is there a plugin for netbeans that will allow for this?
thanks in advance!

The upload host depends on the actual run configuration. You can use different run configurations to switch easily between different server settings. But you can only use one configuration at the same time.
To upload your files to different hosts add configurations for each host. Change the configuration in the toolbar under the menubar and upload again all files)

What strategy do you use to sync your code when working from home

At my work I currently have my development environment inside a Virtual Machine. When I need to do work from home I copy my VM and any databases I need onto a laptop drive sized external USB drive. After about 10 minutes of copying I put the drive in my pocket and head home, copy back the VM and databases onto my personal computer and I'm ready to work. I follow the same steps to take the work back with me.
So if I count the total amount of time I spend waiting around for files to finish copying in order for me to take work home and bring it back again, it comes to around 40 minutes! I do have a VPN connection to my work from home (providing the internet is up at both sites) and a decent internet speed (8mbits down/?up) but I find Remote Desktoping into my work machine laggy enough for me to want to work on my VM directly.
So in looking at what other options I have or how I could improve my existing option I'm interested in what strategy you use or recommend to do work at home and keeping your code/environment in sync.
EDIT: I'd prefer an option where I don't have to commit my changes into version control before I leave work - as I like to make meaningful descriptive comments in my commits, committing would take longer than just copying my VM onto a portable drive! lol Also I'd prefer a solution where my dev environment stays in sync too. Having said that I'm still very interested in your own solutions even if they don't exactly solve my problem as best as I'd like. :)

A Distributed / Decentralized Version Control System solution will suit your needs, Git, Bazaar, Mercurial, darcs... you have plenty alternatives.

Use a version control software like SVN, SourceOffSite, etc. You just have to check-in all your changes and get the latest changes when you want to sync.
Or you can use Windows Live Sync -> https://sync.live.com/foldersharetolivesync.aspx

Hasn't anyone recommended rsync? Use an rsync client to send the diff between files. You can apply these diffs thus bringing your file up-to-date. For the smallest file transfer it's probably the best idea.

I simply use an external portable notebook drive and do all my work on that. All my PCs have it set to the same drive letter. So no copying anything .. I've not attempted to run VMs this way, however, but I don't see any reason it shouldn't simply work.

i use dropbox.

We use Citrix and then I do a remote desktop connection to my PC at work. It is not the fastest solution in the world, but it does eliminate the problem of keeping two or more workstations up-to-date.

Here is a solution I use.
Set up a VPN between the office network and the laptop.
Install the VisualSVN Server
Load all projects in the SCC.
When at the office I check out a project, work on it and then check it in. When at home or around the world I connect to the office via VPN, check out my project, do my thing then check it in. Via the VPN connection I can also RDP to my dev boxes and or servers.
Hope this helps. Good luck!

I either connect remotely to the office SVN, or VPN in and remote desktop my dev or desktop machine and carry on working. It's very rare I sync any files, but when I do it's usually with DropBox (although you can't really do that with large files).

Write program, that will syncronize all your data through internet, and then shutwodn your computer, so at the end of the day you launch it, and go home, and when you come home all data is already there

We work with a distributed team, so it is vital everyone has easy and secure code repository access. For this, we use SVN over ssl/https. It works great, reliably and secure.

Depending on the VM software you are using why don't you set up 2 different VM disks, keep your user profile/dev files on one disk and the OS and other programs that change rarely on the other.
This way you can probably get away with only having to copy the larger disk image when you've installed something new and end up only copying a single virtual disk containing your work.

Just setup a SVN server at home, forward your router port and get on with your life. rsync is also a good, fast solution. Just remember to use it over SSH.

I had a similar problem. But fortunately we had a source control server (TFS) configured so I use to work only from the local Virtual Machines stored on my external drive and than check in the required files to the TFS as an when required.

you haven't specified the OS and virtualization system, but if you're working VM images that can be mounted, e.g. XEN on linux, then you could mount the image and sync it via rsync.

i connecting to the office net work and download the lates version form svn
use the Dev mysql server
so i am just like anther computer in the office network

I imagine that most of the time spent copying involves the database. Is that right? If so, can you not simply connect to your work DB from home using your VPN connection?
You would still copy your source files (or use a source code control system as others have suggested), but this would only take a fraction of the time.

If all you need is a virtual machine from your work computer, then you could mount a remote catalog (using nfs or smb) where is your virtual machine files store and run that virtual machine from there. This should be faster than using remote desktop.

I also use DropBox, and that is key because it is important to keep it simple.
It is generally better if you can have some type of remote desktop ability, because this will allow you to use a standard workstation configuration, and it will allow for consistent connection to network resources (database server, business servers like workflow, etc).
Working offline, in my opinion, is ok for certain tasks, but overall there are obstacles for systems which connect to other resources (unless you plan to move those resources to your home box).

It was a problem for me too. So, the company bought me a laptop, and I do my work on it, at home or anywhere else.

I have a set up where a folder on one machine is synced to a folder on another machine. any changes to the contents on one machine is also made on the other machine within a minute.
So you could sync the top level folder of your work files, and have then sync to your home machine. What I like about this is that syncing is completely transparent. As far as the user experience goes, I'm simply using the file system. No external app to interact with.
I use Live Sync Live Sync from Microsoft to this. You'll need to create a Windows Live ID to use this system. It works for windows and macs.

Dropbox and Microsoft's Live Sync are good options that have already been mentioned. My personal favorite is Live Mesh, also from Microsoft. The one great feature that puts it above the other two, in my mind, is the ability to specify which folders get synched on which computers, and where the folders are located. So, for example, I synch my Visual Studio 2005/Projects folder between my work machine and my dev box at home, and I synch Visual Studio 2008/Projects between my side gig VM and my home dev box.

i have a macbook with all my dev software on it; when i go to work, i start it in target firewire mode and plug it into my work macpro with the fast processor, lan connection, big monitor, etc. this way i never have to leave my user folder but i have access to all the software and hardware available at work.

Why don't you just use version control? A DVCS?
Find here a tutorial on DVCS for Windows users (very simple)
http://codicesoftware.blogspot.com/2010/03/distributed-development-for-windows.html

Some ideas:
Use network storage (with SSD cache if speed is a concern), either for your code or to host your VM.
Separate data and OS into two virtual disks in your VM.
Google drive, Onedrive, Dropbox etc.
If you use Visual Studio (Code), try the Live Share extension.
Dockerize your environment. Alternatively, I keep a bash script for all the setup I did, so I could almost one-click reinstall my dev environment anywhere.
Use a second version control, covering your whole work directory. Commit and push everything before switching environments, then pull and hard reset your commit in another machine.