WebDav Setup Help

[Eddy23]

Hey, I’m looking for some assistance with setting up my WebDAV. I’m having trouble getting the Sync Store to appear across my other devices.

[BLUEFROG]

Did you read the In & Out > Sync:WebDAV section of the built-in Help and manual?

[chrillek]

How to use Synology NAS as WebDAV sync location

Since the question arises occasionally, the following steps might help in setting up a Synology NAS as a WebDAV sync location for DEVONthink. This explanation uses port-forwarding. There’s a TL;DR about the basics that might help to set this up with another NAS. An alternative to port-forwarding would be to set up your router as a VPN server and your mobile devices as VPN clients to connect to it. install WebDAV from Synology’s packet repository in its settings, turn on HTTPS, leave HTTP off a…

[Eddy23]

Thanks, I am using WebDAV on my MacMini. The sync store will not appear in the dropdown when setting it up on other devices.

[BLUEFROG]

@Eddy23

on other devices.

You need to define what these “other devices”.

[Eddy23]

MacBook, MacStudio

[meta]

@Eddy23

The sync store will not appear in the dropdown when setting it up on other devices.

My experience is that this happens when you have the wrong base WebDAV URL. For example, on my Synology box the WebDAV URL has a /home path like https://myid.synology.me:5006/home, whereas on my VPS I gave it a subdomain and allowed it to store data at the root so it’s just https://webdav.example.com/

[BLUEFROG]

What is reported in DEVONthink’s Window > Log?