Introduction

This scripts synchronize each of your DLNA shared folders with Synology mediaserver Database, using synoindex utility

When you manage your files with commands like rsync/mv/cp/rm,..., DSM is unable to handle this methods, and refresh each of them

You'll find two scripts :

• synodlna-reindex.sh : oneshot full synchronization between current shares content and database (one or all shares)
• synodlna-reindex-inotify.sh : synchronize 'on the fly' your current activity on your shares's files/directories with the database

common : each of this scripts will detect defaults + user defined shares

global requirement

SSH access

enable SSH access to your Synology NAS under DSM web interface

IPKG bootstrap

http://forum.synology.com/wiki/index.php/Overview_on_modifying_the_Synology_Server%2C_bootstrap%2C_ipkg_etc#Installing_compiled.2Fbinary_programs_using_ipkg

in short :

• get and exec the XSH file for your CPU
• if your DSM is >= 4.x, on the top of /root/.profile comment PATH lines
• reboot your NAS
• run "ipkg update" to get packages database

installation

sudo management

under "root" user :

ipkg install sudo

define your admin user sudo

visudo

add:

admin ALL=(ALL) ALL

synodlna dependencies

under "admin" user

get this project

sudo ipkg install git
git clone https://github.com/bonidier/synodlna-index.git synodlna-index
cd synodlna-index

the Makefile simplify the IPKG packages dependencies installation

sudo ipkg install make
make ipkg

Installer for inotify-tools, required by synodlna-reindex-inotify.sh

make inotify-tools

note: inotify-tools will be installed in path "/usr/local/inotify-tools/"

Known issue with Inotify-Tools

Inotify-Tools may cause segfault on some Synology NAS,

So a "make test" verification as been added before installing :

• Allow installation if all tests pass
• Force installation if test 'watch_limit' failed (because no segfault)

see https://github.com/bonidier/synodlna-index/issues/3

prepare init.d service

To start synodlna-reindex-notify.sh on boot :

auto-install service to /opt/etc/init.d directory

this will copy service if needed, as the linked configuration file

make service

edit /opt/etc/default/synodlna-reindex-inotify

you must define your absolute path to your synodlna-reindex installation

SYNODLNA_PATH=/volume1/homes/admin/script/synology/mediaserver/synodlna-reindex

Volume configuration

you can override your RAID volume if different of /volume1 :

cp config.sh.dist config.sh
vi config.sh
VOLUME_ROOT=...

synodlna-reindex.sh

what does it do ?

this script is build to be runned manually, when you need to synchronize one or all your shared folder with mediaserver database

usage

embedded help

./synodlna-reindex.sh

show all your shares

this option will list default + user defined shares (detected :-) )

./synodlna-reindex.sh list

reindex all shares

./synodlna-reindex.sh start all

reindex one share

./synodlna-reindex.sh start my_share

crontab

if you want to execute this task regulary,

you can find a crontab example + command to reload crond in support/crontab/

synodlna-reindex-inotify.sh

what does it do ?

Once you've made a first synchronization of your database with synodlna-reindex.sh,

you can use this service to synchronize each of your added/removed files/directories for each DLNA shared folder

usage

the service should run as root :

under admin user, you can prefix following command with 'sudo'

start the service

/opt/etc/init.d/S99synodlna-reindex-inotify start

WARNING : Before any action in monitored shares, You should wait for the following inotifywait messages in service's log :

Setting up watches
Watches established <===============

can take seconds, few minutes, depends of the directories to analyze)

so, just run the service 'log' option to get current activity to be sure

/opt/etc/init.d/S99synodlna-reindex-inotify log

show service status

/opt/etc/init.d/S99synodlna-reindex-inotify status

stop the service

/opt/etc/init.d/S99synodlna-reindex-inotify stop

show what's service doing

/opt/etc/init.d/S99synodlna-reindex-inotify log

this option show the debug output log, containing activity on your shares handled by the script

resources

inspired by : http://forum.synology.com/enu/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=30242

inotify-tools : https://github.com/rvoicilas/inotify-tools