Cloud Station

Cloud Station is a file sharing service that allows your DiskStation to become a file sync center to sync files between multiple client computers.

Note: A client application (Cloud Station for computer clients, available at Synology's Download Center) is required to be installed on client computers before syncing files with DiskStation.

Enable Cloud Station

Click Cloud Station on the left panel to enable Cloud Station on your DiskStation.

To enable Cloud Station on DiskStation:

Tick Enable Cloud Station and then click OK.

When Cloud Station is enabled, and if you have enabled the QuickConnect service, you can see your QuickConnect ID and status in the QuickConnect Info section below. Client computers can use this information for authorization before syncing files with DiskStation.

    Note:
  1. QuickConnect is a relay service that can help you set up Cloud Station syncing easily without configuring port forwarding rules for your DiskStation. For detailed instructions, go to Main Menu Control Panel > QuickConnect, and then click the Help button at the top-right corner.
  2. For better syncing performance, it is recommended that you enable port forwarding on TCP port 6690 for your router and DiskStation. For more information, go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Router Configuration, and then click the Help button at the top-right corner.

Manage User Privileges

Click Privileges to permit DSM users' access to the Cloud Station service. Permitted users have the following privileges:

To permit DSM user's access to the Cloud Station service:

  1. Use the search field at the top-right corner of Cloud Station to find your users.
  2. Tick the checkboxes for the users you want to permit, and then click Save.
    Note:
  1. Cloud Station is available to DSM local users only.
  2. Only DSM admin (or a user belonging to the administrators group) can manage user privileges.
  3. If the status of a user is Disabled, you are not allowed to enable the user's access to Cloud Station. To enable the user, go to Main Menu > Control Panel > User.

Manage Cloud Station Sharing

Click Sharing to enable/disable Cloud Station sharing feature for shared folders. If a shared folder is enabled, users who have read/write privileges can sync files within it.

To enable sharing feature:

  1. Use the search field at the top-right corner of Cloud Station to find shared folders.
  2. Tick the checkboxes after shared folders you want to enable, and then click Save.
    Note:
  1. Cloud Station sharing is available to DSM local shared folders only.
  2. Only DSM admin (or a user belonging to the administrators group) can manage the sharing feature.
  3. Only users who have read/write privileges to a shared folder can sync files within it. To configure read/write privileges of a shared folder, go to Main Menu > Control Panel > Shared Folder.
  4. Please do not encrypt the shared folder that you are about to sync or mount remote folders and virtual drives on it.
  5. When enabling shared folder syncing on Cloud Station, ACL or Unix privilege settings will not be applied. In other words, as long as the login credential used on Cloud Station client has Read/Write permissions to the shared folder, all the files within will be synced.

Manage Client Connections

Click Client List to see the list of client computers that have been set up to sync files with your DiskStation using the Cloud Station service. You can see the client's computer name, the DSM username used for service authorization, and the start time of file syncing between DiskStation and the client.

To manage client connections, do any of the following:

    Note:
  1. Unlinked clients will need to reconfigure its connection to the Cloud Station service before they can sync to your DiskStation again.
  2. DSM users without administrative privileges can only manage its own connections.

Manage Cloud Station Files with File Station

The Cloud Station files is saved in your home/CloudStation folder or shared folders that have Cloud Station Sharing (Only DSM users with administrative privileges can only manage Cloud Station Files of shared folders). You can browse and download Cloud Station files (or their previous versions) with File Station.

To manage Cloud Station files:

  1. Go to Main Menu > File Station, and then browse to home/CloudStation or shared folders.
  2. Right-click the file and then choose Browse previous versions. Here you can see and download the previous versions of the file.

Manage Deleted Files

Click Recycle Bin on the left panel to manage deleted Cloud Station files. Only DSM users with administrative privileges can manage deleted files of shared folders.

To manage deleted files in the recycle bin:

  1. If you are the DSM user with administrative privileges, select the target of recycle bin (own Cloud Station or shared folders).
  2. Select the file you want to manage.
  3. Choose any of the following from the Action drop-down menu:

To delete all files in the recycle bin:

To delete all files and previous versions, select Delete all from the Action drop-down menu.

Note: You will not be able to recover the files that are deleted permanently. Please proceed with caution.