# QNAP Installation

**URL:** <https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568>\
**Category:** Server Administration\
**Created:** [August 28, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568 "2020-08-28T14:07:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Ryan_Keen)\
**Post date:** [August 28, 2020, 2:07pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/1 "2020-08-28T14:07:42Z")

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Hi, Has anyone installed SimpleHelp on a QNAP box? I am looking at SimpleHelp again, I have ditched my server, because I have downsized and running 99% of things via my QNAP.

I would like to just run as a website, but open to all options.

Thanks Ry

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**Author:** ![Max](https://community.simple-help.com/user_avatar/community.simple-help.com/max/32/302_2.png) [@Max](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Max)\
**Post date:** [August 31, 2020, 4:22pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/2 "2020-08-31T16:22:16Z")

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Hey Ryan, welcome to the forums!  
Using the QNAP as an SH server? should just be as simple as running the linux installer. QNAP is based on debian, but i haven’t tested it myself.

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**Author:** ![Jayjayuk](https://community.simple-help.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/j/439d5e/32.png) [@Jayjayuk](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Jayjayuk)\
**Post date:** [September 1, 2020, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/3 "2020-09-01T18:57:05Z")

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make sure you have a fixed IP. Otherwise just use a small linux vps $5 per month from AWS or DigitalOcean

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Ryan_Keen)\
**Post date:** [September 9, 2020, 4:05pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/4 "2020-09-09T16:05:39Z")

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Yep its a fixed IP so all good there; its my project for the weekend.

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**Author:** ![Steven](https://community.simple-help.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/94ad74/32.png) [@Steven](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Steven)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:16am UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/5 "2020-10-14T04:16:23Z")

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QNAP supports Docker containers via Container Station, and there’s a couple of Dockerfiles for deploying SimpleHelp on [hub.docker.com](http://hub.docker.com).

I’ve not tried this myself, I just know of their existence.

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**Author:** ![Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/r/b3f665/32.png) [@Ryan\_Keen](https://community.simple-help.com/u/Ryan_Keen)\
**Post date:** [October 14, 2020, 4:27pm UTC](https://community.simple-help.com/t/qnap-installation/568/6 "2020-10-14T16:27:57Z")

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That’s the perfect workaround 🙂 I started to run it on a VM with in the QNAP - but its slow. Just got to work out how to make it update from 5.2.10 now.