heachhog Posted March 21, 2015 Share #1 Posted March 21, 2015 Hi Guys, I have been browsing through the forum for a while now but haven't found an answer to my question. Short preface. I have Synology DS213j running at home for over a year and I love it - it has everything that I need (filesharing, photos, movies, mail, etc). After googling I have found that there is a community version, which gives an opportunity to install it on your own hardware. At the moment, I have a dedicated server with a French dedi provider Online.net. They have a template on how to install ESXi for virtualisation. After following the tutorials on http://xpenology.nl, I have managed to boot with XPEnoboot image with no issues. However, due to the server being completely outside my home network, I cannot use Synology Assistant to complete the installation and upload DSM software onto the server. My server has only 1 IP address and pointing my browser to that IP doesn't help much (connection refused as my laptop is connecting to the ESXi server). I have been wondering if anyone has managed to install XPEnology on a remote server in a similar manner? Perhaps you have some tips or ways how I could bypass the requirement of having a server within my home network (e.g. site-to-site VPN). Basically, any help/information is warmly welcome! Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Diverge Posted March 21, 2015 Share #2 Posted March 21, 2015 I never use the Synology Assistant software. I always use the webclient at the IP address of the DSM's VM. If you only have access to the IP for managing ESXI, then why not install windows/linux in a VM and use the console of that VM to open up a browser at the IP of the DSM VM, or use the Assistant software (if you go with windows)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heliox Posted March 23, 2015 Share #3 Posted March 23, 2015 I used to be there, but no more. Here's how to do it with one additional IP FailOver and an opensource firewall VM: PfSense http://forum.online.net/index.php?/topi ... c/?p=25923 Use google translate for the French tutorial and adapt it to your setup. And also use a separate Windows VM for Synology Assistant as Diverge suggests. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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