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