# Recommended Way to Backup to Synology NAS **URL:** https://forum.duplicati.com/t/recommended-way-to-backup-to-synology-nas/2403 **Category:** Support **Created:** [February 8, 2018, 1:44pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/recommended-way-to-backup-to-synology-nas/2403 "2018-02-08T13:44:25Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 2
### Author: ![JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@JonMikelV](https://forum.duplicati.com/u/JonMikelV) #### Post date: [February 8, 2018, 2:07pm UTC](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/recommended-way-to-backup-to-synology-nas/2403/2 "2018-02-08T14:07:23Z")
Hi @FreeMinded, welcome to the forum and thanks for using Duplicati! The forum search tool returns more than 40 posts that mention Synology ([Search results for 'Synology' - Duplicati](https://forum.duplicati.com/search?q=Synology)) but this might be a good place to start: > [@How to install Duplicati on Synology](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/how-to-install-duplicati-on-synology/990): > > Hi guys, I have been looking for some time now, but I can’t seem to find an installation guide to install duplicati on Synology. I see I can download the package, but I would like some extra info. I suppose I also have to install mono. after that somehow install the downloaded package. I suppose I will have to treath it as a headless device, or can I access the web interface within the Synology interface? A lot of questions. Kind regards And you might want to check this recent one out to hopefully avoid a potential future headache: > [@Synology: all backup jobs gone after DSM update](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/synology-all-backup-jobs-gone-after-dsm-update/2377): > > Hi, as described above, my NAS did an automatic update last night. Now, upon starting Duplicati again, I found that all my backup jobs were gone and I am staring at a blank screen! Also, instead of the Canary version 2018-01-23 version, I was suddenly back at Beta 2017-08-01. FYI: I start Duplicati via command-line (“nohup mono /volume1/@appstore/Duplicati…”) in root mode to resolve some of the Synology issues. So how did this happen - and how do I get my backup jobs back? The individual job … --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.duplicati.com/t/recommended-way-to-backup-to-synology-nas/2403)._