Cloud Station Client
Cloud Station is a file sharing service that allows you to synchronize files between a centralized DiskStation and multiple client DiskStation devices, computers and mobiles. To seamlessly sync your data among multiple DiskStation devices, a DiskStation has to be chosen as the host server, and the rest of the paired DiskStation will act as client devices. Before syncing files with client devices, Cloud Station package is required to be installed on the host server, while Cloud Station Client package has to be installed on each client DiskStation you want to sync with.
Create New Connections
To sync files between the host and client DiskStation devices, you need to create connections first.
To create a new connection:
- On the Cloud Station Client user interface, click on the Create icon at the bottom-left corner to start the wizard.
- Enter the IP address (or the QuickConnect ID), username and password of your host DiskStation. For domain users, use your domain name/username to log in. For LDAP users, use "username@Base_DN" to log in.
- Choose the remote and local shared folders you want to sync, and then tick Enable.
Note:
- To find your QuickConnect ID, log in to DSM as admin (or a user belonging to the administrators group), and then go to Control Panel > QuickConnect to check the information.
- If you are unable to connect to the host DiskStation or authorize the connection with your user credentials, check your network settings, and make sure your access to Cloud Station has been enabled by your DSM administrator (at Cloud Station > Privileges).
- When creating connections, you can only choose shared folders as your local sync folders.
- One host and one client DiskStation can only be paired in one configuration. On each client device, you can create multiple connections all with different host servers, but not duplicate connections with the same host DiskStation.
To modify database location for storing data:
Click on the Settings icon at the bottom-left corner to change your syncing repository.
Enable SSL Encrypted Connection
A certificate can be used to secure data transfer between your DiskStation devices, and having a certificate allows users to validate the identity of the host server before sending any confidential information. You can import a certificate issued by a trusted authority (at Control Panel > Security > Certificate) on your DSM, enable secure connection on Cloud Station Client, and then the system will verify the given certificate to ensure your Cloud Station connection is protected.
To enable SSL data transmission encryption:
- For new connections:
- On the Cloud Station Client user interface, click on the Create icon at the bottom-left corner to start the wizard.
- Enter your user credentials, and tick the Enable SSL data transmission encryption checkbox.
- For existing connections:
- Select the connection you want to modify from the connection list on the left panel.
- Under the Overview tab, click Manage > Edit connection to modify.
Note:
- If Cloud Station Client fails to verify the SSL certificate, it may mean that it is an untrusted self-signed certificate, or someone may be trying to intercept your connection. Please go to Control Panel > Security > Certificate for more information.
- Cloud Station Client uses RC4 128-bit and MD5 for SSL encryption.
Manage Connections
Once a connection has been successfully created, you can view the connection information and modify your syncing tasks.
To manage connections:
- Select the connection you want to edit from the connection list on the left panel.
- Under the Overview tab, click Manage to do any of the following:
- Pause syncing: Pause the syncing between your host and client DiskStation devices.
- Resume syncing: Resume the syncing between your host and client DiskStation devices.
- Unlink: Cancel the connection with the host DiskStation server, and remove it from the list.
Sync Shared Folders
You can easily specify which shared folders you want to sync.
To manage and sync shared folders:
- Select the connection you want to modify from the connection list on the left panel.
- Under the Sharing tab, all the shared folders that can synced will be listed here.
- Tick the Enable checkbox next to the shared folder you want to sync, and then click on the Change folder path icon to select or change the local sync folder. Then click OK.
- Click Save for the settings to take effect.
Note:
- You cannot choose a shared folder that has already been used as a sync folder by other host DiskStation devices.
- If your access privilege for the shared folder is read-only, you can only sync files from the host DiskStation to your client DiskStation, and the changes made on the client side will not be synced back to the host server.
- You will not be able to sync shared folders that have incompatible share permissions. Please go to Control Panel > Shared Folder to convert the permissions of both the source and destination shared folders to Windows ACL.
Sync Privilege Settings
You can sync domain users' privileges for the shared folders.
- Click on the Sharing tab, then click on the Advanced icon next to the shared folder you want to apply the settings to.
- From the File sync mode drop-down menu, select the shared folder attributes you want to sync to your host DiskStation, and then click OK.
- Remember to tick the Enable checkbox next to this shared folder, and then click Save for the settings to take effect.
Selective Sync
You can choose the folders you want to sync and then limit the files and file types that you don't want synced. You can also set a maximum file size limit to prevent files over a certain file size from being synced.
- Click on the Sharing tab, then click on the Advanced icon next to the shared folder you want to apply the settings to.
- In the Folder tab, tick the boxes next to the folders and sub folders you want to sync.
- In the File filter tab, you can the following:
- Filter by file size: In the box next to Don't sync files over, enter a file size between 1~10240 (MB).
- Filter by file type: Uncheck the file types you don't synced. You also enter file names or file extension in the box below and click Add. Any file with the designated file name or file type will not be synced to this computer.
- Click OK and then Save to apply your settings
Note:
- If your client DiskStation is not in the same domain group as the host DiskStation you pair with, the privilege settings will not be synced even though this option has been enabled.
- Files will not be synced by Cloud Station under the following circumstances:
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The file size is larger than 10 GB.
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The folder or file path contains the following characters:
*: ? \ / " < > |
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The file type is any of the following:
.tmp .temp .swp .lnk
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The file name starts with any of the following:
._ ~
- The file name is or contains any of the following:
.ds_store desktop.ini @eadir thumbs.db
- The folder is named #recycle.
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The folder or file path is longer than 247 characters.
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The file name is longer than 255 characters.
- When setting file names you don't want to sync: on Windows if a file name is capitalized and another has the same name in lower case, it will be considered the same file name (ex. A.txt and a.txt) but on Linux and Mac systems they will be considered to be different file names.