Synology – Resilio Active Everywhere

Resilio Connect is not published in Synology's Package Center, so it needs to be installed manually.
Follow the steps below for fresh install. For Agent update, if you already have it installed, start with step 5. Before updating stop the Agent.

Account "admin" mandatory for DSM6

For DSM6 OS please make sure you perform these steps as the Synology admin. In some cases the admin account is disabled, so you will have to enable the account before you can login.

1. Download the agent config from Management Console. Refer to this article for more information.

2. Login to Synology Web UI and in File Station create new share "Resilio Agent" (mind the case and space, watch out for trailing spaces).

3. Enable Read/Write permissions for "admin" user:

4. Name the downloaded config file as "sync.conf" and put into this directory:

5. Download the appropriate package for your Synology architecture. List of all architectures to verify can be found here.

6. In Package Center click "Manual Install" and browse for the downloaded spk, agree to proceed to install a third-party package.

Further, follow steps for appropriate DSM version.

DSM 6DSM 7

7. Check "Run after installation" checkbox and click Apply button:

8. If everything set up correctly then Resilio Agent status will be running:

The agent will pickup the config and automatically connect to the Console. Config file will be moved to the Agent's storage. Thus "sync.conf" will disappear from Resilio Agent folder and Downloads folder will appear there:

By default, all shares will be stored in the directory as defined in "folders_storage_path" value in agent config file sync.conf. This might be %DOWNLOADS%, %HOME% or %USERPROFILE% variable, their default destinations are given here. You can change these defaults by editing folders.conf file in /usr/local/resilioagent/var/:

{
  "downloads_folder_path" : "/volume1/Resilio Agent/Downloads",
  "user_profile_folder_path" : "/volume1/Resilio Agent",
  "home_folder_path" : "/volume1/Resilio Agent",
  "management_server": {
    "host": "0.0.0.0:0"
  }
}

7. Uncheck "Run after installation" checkbox and click Apply button.

8. Click on properties of Resilio Agent share created earlier and ensure that user resilioagent has full access to it and all its children. If necessary, click "Create" to manually add permissions for this user. Ensure that it's inherited for the files inside, and that resilioagent user also has full access to sync.conf file.

9. Start the package.
If the package gives warning "Failed to start the package" ,option "Repair" will appear shortly for the Resilio Agent (it may take a few seconds). Recheck permissions for Resilio Agent storage and sync.conf file and click to Repair.

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