Category: Computers and Internet

Run commands in Synology

1. Download cloudflareddns.sh from this repository to /usr/local/sbin/cloudflaredns.sh

wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/joshuaavalon/SynologyCloudflareDDNS/master/cloudflareddns.sh -O /usr/local/sbin/cloudflaredns.sh

If you put the script in other name or path, make sure you use the right path.

2. Give others execute permission

chmod +x /usr/local/sbin/cloudflaredns.sh

3. Add cloudflareddns.sh to Synology

cat >> /etc.defaults/ddns_provider.conf << 'EOF'
[Cloudflare]
        modulepath=/usr/local/sbin/cloudflaredns.sh
        queryurl=https://www.cloudflare.com/
EOF

queryurl does not matter because we are going to use our script but it is needed.

Get Cloudflare parameters

1. Go to your domain overview page and get the Zone ID.
2. Go to your account setting page and get API Key.
3. Get record id using Cloudflare API.

curl -s GET "https://api.cloudflare.com/client/v4/zones/[Zone ID]/dns_records" \
	-H "X-Auth-Email: [Email]" \
	-H "X-Auth-Key: [API Key" \
	-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
	| jq '.result[] | {name, id, zone_id, zone_name, content, type}'

You need to replace with [] with your parameter. Then, you get the id in result which is you Record ID.

Setup DDNS

1. Enter the parameters to the cloudflareddns.sh.
2. Login to your DSM
3. Go to Control Panel > External Access > DDNS > Add
4. Select Cloudflare as service provider. Enter your domain as hostname, your Cloudflare account as Username/Email, and API key as Password/Key

sudo -i
wget https://www.xfelix.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/namecheap.zip
unzip namecheap.zip
Extract and move namecheap.php to /usr/syno/bin/ddns/

Grant privilege
sudo chmod 755 /usr/syno/bin/ddns/namecheap.php

Edit DDNS Provider list
sudo vi /etc.defaults/ddns_provider.conf
Insert
[Namecheap]
modulepath=/usr/syno/bin/ddns/namecheap.php
queryurl=https://dynamicdns.park-your-domain.com/

In the DSM web interface, open the DDNS menu
Hostname: example.com
Username/Email: www
Password: nameCheap DDNS passkey

Till now, there is no official iOS app to add/manage torrent tasks of TransmissionBT. The only working application is iControlbits which is available to Jailbroken iOS users.
So there is not much choice left for non-jailbroken users to manage Tranmission tasks. We can use Safari web browser to view and delete the downloading task but no way to add torrent file as iOS has a very strictly privilege control on file dealing. It is impossible to download a torrent file and upload it via Safari browser.
Continue reading “Add TransmissionBT task from iOS devices”

I do not remember since when Adobe Reader mandatory requires user to login their Adobe ID once open a PDF file. It is quite annoying. Especially, if you are on a slow Internet environment, you have to wait for login page to be fully loaded. And during that time, you cannot scroll down to browse the PDF content. How to get rid of this silly online function? Here is the solution.

Continue reading “Disable Adobe Reader Sign In when open a PDF”

话说前不久为了在ebay上买一台mint拖地机，新注册了个美国ebay的账号。和其他美国购物网站一样，地址、电话当然写的是转运公司的仓储地址。然后就是绑定已经用了很久很久的paypal付钱，收货。卖家很不错，还给了好评。没想到刚买第二天商品就跌价，发了封站内信给卖家，卖家二话不说就把差价打到我paypal了。非常愉快的购物经历。

过了一周，货还没到转运公司呢，却收到了ebay的邮件，MC999，我的ebay账号因为安全原因被无限制禁止了。 Continue reading “奇葩的ebay”

终于下决心花钱买了个VPS，有了自己的掌控的空间。VPS与传统的webhosting比起来，需要更多的精力和时间去打理，没有多少tech support，全靠自己和google。

不过好在已经为宝贝女儿注册了个域名，加上把自己原先的域名一同host在这个VPS上。只希望能够稳定，好用。