Protect your data by building your own secure private cloud

Using Synology Technologies (DSM7)

Created by: Craig Young
IT Systems Engineer

What Will I Learn?

• Remove your dependence on Cloud providers by managing your data at your own home, using Synology DSM7
• Back up your data offsite to a second, or friend or family members, Synology NAS
• Store your data securely, keep your own encryption keys to yourself
• Learn how to connect Windows 10 & 11, OSX/Mac, and Ubuntu clients to your own private cloud
• Learn how to back up your photos to your own private cloud, using your Android or Apple device (demos are of Android)
• Learn how to create a free VPN connection between Synology NASes, using ZeroTier (port forwarding also briefly covered, but VPN recommended)
• Learn how to backup your Windows 10 & 11, OSX/Mac and Ubuntu workstations, including how to perform offsite backups
• Learn how to synchronise a live file share with your friends NAS so you can share data in a secure way over the interent
• Learn the basics of Synology Surviellance Station (CCTV software)

Requirements

• An intermediate level of computer literacy is needed.
• Familiarity with your own home network, including the ability to make changes on your own network infrastructure.
• A basic knowledge on firewalls and routers, and how they work.
• A basic understanding of security and its importance.

Target audience

• This course is for intermediately IT skilled people that want to remove their reliance on Cloud providers like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Amazon, by managing their data themselves in a secure and private way.