Best way to Install HA on an old Synology DS412+ without using Docker

Installation
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Hi everyone

I´m running HA via Docker on an old Synology NAS DS412+
(Intel Atom Dual Core 2,13GHz, 4GB RAM)

After the first use cases I tried to setup, I run in much problems and because of the docker setup. Most of it, because of the missing Add-ons.
E.g.:

  • I cannot see sensors while modifing the config.yaml outside HA
  • Access over Internet via Cloudflare (via seperate container) is to complex for my bad linux/script skills
  • problems with connecting the sonoff zigbee dongle

Is there a better way to host HA on such a old NAS than docker?

Thanks

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If your Synology is running DSM6, you should do a full HAOS install using the VMware image using Synology’s VMM package. The only gotcha is that the USB port will disconnect from the VM whenever you reboot the NAS, so you will need to manually re-attach it before your Zigbee dongle will be accessible again…

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Good idea.
I have checked what it takes to run VMs on the old DS412+. Unfortunately, it seems that the hypervisor (Virtual Center from Synology) cannot be run on the old thing.

Is there a third party hypervisor for this or a container that runs the VM?

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late to the party here but the DS412+ doesn’t seem to support Synology’s VMM package.

i’m trying to run docker supervisor on mine but i dont think i can do the VM option - did you wind up doing it?

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Assuming that both the DS412+ and disk drives are over 12 years old now, I think that you should be looking to upgrade that NAS to a newer one if for no other reason than the hardware living on borrowed time…