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NAS Installation - Synology DSM 7.4

Upgrade from DSM 6.4

  • First upgrade to DSM 7.0 through Control Panel
  • Go to the Synology Download Center, Select product type and Select your Synology Product, then Select DSM version currently installed and the latest DSM version offered for this product as a target DSM version
  • Upload the downloaded update file in Control Panel –> Update & Restore –> Manual DSM Update and start the update
  • The update should run without issues, after which there are a few extensions which are obsolete and which you can uninstall

KMIP for key management

  • Follow the guide to install KMIP on a Synology NAS server and client
  • What this guide does not mention is how to generate working certificates for DSM 7.4 and later, which hardened the certificate requirements, so follow my guide here:
    1. The default, out-of-the-box self-signed Synology certificate will fail on DSM 7.4
    2. Login to your NAS on the command line with SSH and elevate to root
    3. Download Synology's official KMIP certificate script:
      wget supweb.synology.com/support_web/kc_tool/how_to_gen_cert_for_kmip_services/gen_kmip_certs.sh
    4. Run the script as root:
      bash gen_kmip_certs.sh kmip_certs

      The second parameter kmip_certs is the name of a shared folder the script will create to store the certificates

    5. Upload the generated scripts in /volume1/kmip_certs to your local computer you use to access your DSMs through your web browser