Synology DSM 7.0 systemctl service run at startup (code-server)

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Synology NAS with DSM 7.0 that runs code-server at startup

I wanted to run code-server on my synology nas but without running it via docker as i wanted it to have access to the main terminal and all the files. This could be a security risk but you do have options to improve that.

Steps to install it are:

1. ssh into your nas
2. run curl -fsSL https://code-server.dev/install.sh | sh

Steps to create a systemctl service that will run at boot and keep code-server running.

1. Go to cd /etc/systemd/system and create a service file
2. Create a new file vim code-server.service
3. Add the following code in (type i to insert):

[Unit]
Description=Run vscode at startup
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/root/.local/bin/code-server

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

4. Exit vim (click ESC and type :wq)
5. Then start the service systemctl start code-server.service
6. Check that the service is running properly: systemctl status code-server.service
7. Enable the service so it runs at boot: systemctl enable code-server

Now you can access vs code via your browser by going to nas-address/ip:8080.