DSM Update

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Description

Script to automatically download the correct pat file and update DSM using the downloaded pat file.

Download the script

1. Download the latest version Source code (zip) from https://github.com/007revad/DSM_Update/releases
2. Save the download zip file to a folder on the Synology.
3. Unzip the zip file.

Configuration

Optionally you can to edit the variables at the top of the script. The default settings are:

# Temporary directory for .pat downloads (cleaned up after install)
# $$ gets the PID of the script
PAT_DIR="/tmp/dsm_update_$$"

# Log file
LOG_FILE="/var/log/dsm_update.log"

# Maximum log file size in bytes before rotation (default 1MB)
LOG_MAX_SIZE=1048576

# synodsmnotify user to receive notifications (leave empty to notify all admins)
# If not empty all admins and users will receive notifications
NOTIFY_USER=""

Options

You can run the script with the following options:

--force-check
--dry-run

--force-check forces DSM to check if there's a DSM update available.

--dry-run will just notify you that the script has detected that a newer DSM version is available, without downloading or installing it.

To run the script via task scheduler

See How to run from task scheduler

To run the script via SSH

How to enable SSH and login to DSM via SSH

sudo -s /volume1/scripts/dsm_update.sh

Note: Replace /volume1/scripts/ with the path to where the script is located.

Troubleshooting

If the script won't run check the following:

1. Make sure you download the zip file and unzipped it to a folder on your Synology (not on your computer).
2. If the path to the script contains any spaces you need to enclose the path/scriptname in double quotes:

   sudo -s "/volume1/my scripts/dsm_update.sh"

3. Make sure you unpacked the zip or rar file that you downloaded and are trying to run the dsm_update.sh file.
4. Set the script file as executable:

   sudo chmod +x "/volume1/scripts/dsm_update.sh"