How 2 create a YACReader Server on Synology NAS

OFFICIAL UPDATE:

- Use the official container (check the documentation please)
hub.docker.com/repository/docker/yacread...ibraryserver/general

- Make sure you set the right PUID and PGID value to ensure that the Docker container has read/write access to the folder where you are placing the library.

- I strongly suggest to set the /config volume so your configuration is persisted, otherwise you'll lose the configuration if you update the image

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Here is what I did to install YAC Reader Library Server on my Synology NAS (DS418play):


Step 1 - Install Docker

You must first install Docker on your Synology NAS.
www.synology.com/en-ca/dsm/packages/Docker

If your Synology model does not officially support Docker, you can side-load it by downloading the spk here (as of 2022-08-03 the latest version is Docker-x64-20.10.3-1306.spk):
archive.synology.com/download/Package/Docker


Step 2 - Install the YAC Reader Library Server Container

In Synology DSM, open the Docker package that you installed in step 1, then select Registry in the side-menu and search for the term "YACReaderLibrary". There will be several results. I used this one: "Mullion/yacreaderlibrary-server-docker"

Double-click it to download the image, then select Image in the Docker side-menu and you should see it listed there (you may have to wait for it to finish downloading).

Double-click the image to install the container, then follow these steps:

a) Network: Specify the network for this container. I selected "Use the same network as Docker Host". Click Next.

b) General Settings: I enabled auto-restart. Click Next.

c) Volume Settings: Click Add Folder then navigate to your comic library and select it. For the mount path I used "/comics". Click Next.

d) Summary: Click Done.


Step 3 - Set up YAC Reader Library Server

Select Container in the Docker side-menu, then double-click on the container we just installed to view its details. Click on Terminal, then Create to add a bash terminal. Click bash in the side menu, then enter the following commands in the terminal as needed:

Create a new library:

YACReaderLibraryServer create-library LibraryName /comics

Refresh your library (do this after adding/removing comics):

YACReaderLibraryServer update-library /comics

List all existing YACReader libraries:

YACReaderLibraryServer list-libraries

Remove a library:

YACReaderLibraryServer remove-library LibraryName

Legend:
LibraryName = whichever name you give your library.
/comics = this is the "mount path" that we designated in step 2c.

These steps worked for me. Good luck!

Thanks for sharing the tutorial Renns!!

Thanks Renns. I tried those terminal commands, though after hitting return, nothing seems to happen - it just seems to move onto the next line instead of executing the command?

Hmm… were you in the default “muallin-yacreaderlibrary-server-docker1” terminal, or the “bash” terminal? I was getting the same response as you (nothing happened) in the blank default terminal, but when I clicked “create” to add a second terminal and then clicked on “bash” to open it, that new terminal opened with the following line: I then entered my commands in that terminal and they worked.

Thank you very much.
It works.

I followed Renns' tutorial to set up the library server in my Synology NAS via Docker.
The library has been created but I have nothing when I go to http://local-ip-nas:8080 in the YACReader iPadOS app or in the browser.

Any help?

Ok I found the issue. I had to enable the port 8080 for local IP addresses in the firewall rules.

This worked flawlessly!! Thank you

If you are interested into upgrading your docker with a 9.9.2 version of the YACReaderLibrary headless server, you can follow the excellent tutorial from Renns above but use wehartgames/yacreaderlibraryserver from the docker hub instead of the muallin one.

Enjoy
ST

I'm kind of new to this, but how did you enable the port? Was it under Docker, Synology, Router?