Mount synology nas on Mac through bash

quickmount.md

Installation

1. Copy the contents of the quickmount.sh file to your ~/.bash_profile
2. Edit lines 4, 5, and 6 with the appropriate information for connecting to your synology NAS
3. Edit/duplicate the projects function for any folders you want to mount on your mac.
4. Save your ~/.bash_profile, then in terminal run source ~/.bash_profile

Usage

To mount a directory from terminal, just call your function:

mindfullsilences-MBP:~ mindfullsilence$ projects
mindfullsilences-MBP:Projects mindfullsilence$ 

To disconnect all mounted folders, call the disconnect command:

mindfullsilences-MBP:Projects mindfullsilence$ disconnect
Disconnected all mounted drives.
mindfullsilences-MBP:~ mindfullsilence$ 

quickmount.sh

MOUNTED=()

function synology() {
  USER="admin" #synology login username
  PASSWORD="myP%40ssW%7B%7Drd" # should be the uri encoded password. Eg: "myP@ssW{}rd" becomes "myP%40ssW%7B%7Drd"
  SERVER="SynologyDS718" # the name you gave your server during setup. Can also be an IP address

  MOUNTPOINT=$1
  SERVERDIR=$2
  SERVERURI="$SERVER/$2"

  # ensures directory exists for mounting
  if [ ! -d $MOUNTPOINT ]; then
      mkdir $MOUNTPOINT
  fi

  # mounts directory if not already mounted
  # TODO: this has an inheret flaw in that if the server folder is empty,
  #       this check will fail, and attempt to mount an already mounted drive.
  #       Unlikely to ever be the case for me so ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  if [ ! "$(ls -A $MOUNTPOINT)" ]; then
      mount_smbfs //$USER:$PASSWORD@$SERVERURI $MOUNTPOINT
  fi

  MOUNTED+=($1)
}

# Recreate this function for each mountpoint 
# and nas location you want to quickly mount
function projects() {
    # Where you want the nas folder to be accessible on your mac
    MOUNTPOINT=/Users/mindfullsilence/Documents/Projects 
    
    # Where the folder exists on the NAS server (dont include the beginning "/")
    SERVERDIR=Projects/web

    synology $MOUNTPOINT $SERVERDIR

    cd $MOUNTPOINT
}

# Unmounts all mounted locations
function disconnect() {
  # cd to home so umount doesnt ever fail
  cd ~

  #unmount all points
  for i in "${MOUNTED[@]}"; do
      umount $i
  done

  # clear the array of mountpoints
  MOUNTED=()

  echo "Disconnected all mounted drives."
}

# list all currently mounted folders
function mounted() {
  printf '%s\n' "${MOUNTED[@]}" | sort -r
}