How to add native CloudFlare DDNS functionality to Synology

A detailed guide to adding native CloudFlare DDNS functionality to Synology NAS. While Synology DSM doesn't natively support CloudFlare, an open-source script allows you to easily add CloudFlare as a DDNS provider, enabling dynamic domain name resolution (DDNS). This allows your NAS to automatically update domain name records when the public IP address changes. This applies to DSM 7.x and later...

2025 CloudFlare How to configure preferred IP Free CDN to accelerate your website, monthly preferred IP sharing

A word of caution: There are countless articles online about configuring CloudFlare's preferred IP address and free CDN acceleration, but many are filled with errors, lack clarity, and can be confusing. After some research, I've written this article to explain how to configure a preferred IP address and free CDN acceleration for your website. Cloudflare doesn't directly offer a "preferred IP address" configuration option; instead, it automatically selects the optimal access point for users through its global CDN nodes. Using...

How to obtain the Google Text-to-Speech API key file

Various voice plugins that use the Google Cloud Text-to-Speech API require you to add your own API key. In this quickstart, you'll set up your Google Cloud Platform project's key file and authorization, then request the Text-to-Speech API to convert text to audio. Create a Google Cloud Key File…

Free private website statistics Matomo installation tutorial

Use Matomo to build a personal website traffic statistics and analysis tool for free. Matomo (formerly Piwik) is an open source network traffic analysis tool designed to help users track and analyze website and application access data. It provides detailed statistics such as the number of visitors, page views, source channels, and user behavior, and supports custom dashboards and real-time data monitoring. Unlike other traffic analysis tools, Matomo focuses on privacy protection and allows users to store data…

Solution to Alibaba Cloud Server Failure to Access GitHub.com

Teach you how to access GitHub on Alibaba Cloud Servers It is a common problem that Alibaba Cloud Servers (domestic regions) cannot access GitHub.com, which is usually related to network restrictions, DNS resolution or firewall configuration. The following is an analysis and solution for this problem, which is applicable to most cases: Cause of the problem Network restrictions: The network environment in mainland China has access restrictions on some overseas websites (such as GitHub), which may be caused by operators or firewalls...