Storing Zotero data on Synology NAS

mghachem
edited March 30, 2019
I currently pay for Zotero's unlimited server storage plan as I have a very large Zotero data library. I recently got a Synology NAS set up at home to store all of my other data in place of Dropbox. Is it possible to transfer all of my Zotero data to my NAS server at home and use that as the source from which to sync all of my computers? I don't need to be able to have access to my Zotero data from random computers located anywhere. I just want to be able to sync across home, office, and laptop computers. The office computer connects to my Synology server at home via SFTP.
  • mairota
    Hi, i am using a Synology NAS. It is possible to transfer all of your Zotero data to your NAS server. You need to configure the webdav service on your NAS. After, in Zotero, you configure the synchronization with "Webdav".
  • mghachem
    Thanks for the helpful reply!
  • mghachem
    Mairota -- could you give me a bit more guidance on how to do this? -- I am getting various error messages when trying to WebDAV over my local network, using first the external https address for WebDAV and then the internal WebDAV IP address -- for the external address, an unknown/invalid security certificate issue, and for the internal address, a "SSL record too long" address -- thanks and regards, MWG
  • wakoma
    Install Syno webdav
    Make a zotero shared folder at root in Syno

    "If you are using a WebDAV server with a self-signed certificate, you can open the WebDAV URL in Firefox, accept the certificate, and then copy the cert_override.txt file from the Firefox profile directory to the Zotero profile directory." https://www.zotero.org/support/kb/cert_override

    Do this on both computers
    Restart computers

    In Zotero Use https://192.168.xx.xxx:5006 for the URL
    type in Username and password
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