Synology - Backup from Linux

Introduction 

 This is to setup a hourly MySQL backups and also a full system backup once a week. 

 Synology Configuration 

 NFS Configuration 

 You will need to go to the Control Panel → File Services under the NFS section and turn it on 

 

 

 Then hit APPY 

 Then go to Shared Folder to setup the share you would like to use for the backups 

 

 

 Linux Configuration 

 Now login to the Linux server to setup FSTAB to allow the NFS link to work 

 Edit the “/etc/fstab“ 

 #Custom

bigberta.onling.com:/volume1/Backups /mnt/backups nfs auto,defaults 0 0 

 Create the directory for the mount 

 mkdir -p /mnt/backups 

 After the mount the new NFS drive 

 mount -a -v

systemctl daemon-reload 

 To force kill the new mount 

 umount -l /mnt/backups