installing Oracle "Java SE for Embedded" on a Synology NAS

• http://missilehugger.com/203/

I think, I will use his description for setting up Java on my Synology NAS (resp. NASs), so that I can run the Hibiscus Server (implemented in Java) on them. My NAS at home has plenty of Internet bandwith available, so that I can get my bank account transactions updated over the Internet quite often each day.

Oracle's description on "Oracle Java SE Embedded Downloads":

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/embedded/downloads/javase/index.html

For the DS112+ I chose the "ARMv5 Linux" entry "successfully". The ARMv6/7 and ARMv7 entries did not run at all. 

For the DS213+ I chose the "Power Architecture Linux - … - e500v2" entry "successfully".

Hibiscus Payment Server – HBCI banking

• http://www.willuhn.de/products/hibiscus-server/
• http://www.willuhn.de/products/hibiscus-server/install.php
• http://www.willuhn.de/products/hibiscus-server/support.php
• http://www.willuhn.de/wiki/ – I don't see Hisbiscus Server mentioned
• http://www.onlinebanking-forum.de/phpBB2/viewforum.php?f=33
• http://www.willuhn.de/bugzilla

With the hibiscus-server running on (let's say) your current machine at port 8080 (AKA https://localhost:8080), you have a few rather useful services available:

• https://localhost:8080/hibiscus/ – the "Hibiscus Management Console" – this is where you enter your HBCI accounts and where you can view account statements etc
• https://localhost:8080/webadmin/ – the "Jameica Management Console" for the Hibiscus Server
• https://localhost:8080/webadmin/rest.html – the Management Console shows a link "REST Services" listing available REST services, amongst others the list of accounts and list of transactions … (see below)
• https://localhost:8080/webadmin/rest/hibiscus/konto/list – a JSON list of the accounts, of course with details
• https://localhost:8080/webadmin/rest/hibiscus/konto/2/umsaetze/days/999 – a JSON list of transactions on account "2" (you can find acount "2" described above) during the last 999 days
• All that is implemented in Java.

I would love to see this running on my Synology NAS at home with plenty of Internet bandwith available, so that I can get my bank account transactions updated over the Internet a few times each day.

These days Synology does not supply Java on their devices – I assume, they do not want to get officially bothered with Java difficulties on their devices. But still here I found a description of how to install Oracle Java SE on a Synology NAS:

• http://missilehugger.com/203/

Wth the "https://localhost:8080/webadmin/rest/hibiscus/konto/…" REST services listed above I get hold off account data rather, rather easily like this:

$ curl --sslv3 --insecure \
    --user jameica:PASSWORD \
    https://localhost:8080/webadmin/rest/hibiscus/konto/list

Now I prefer developing software using Perl, and I will make use of the JSON lists in Perl, and that should be rather easy. I think, I am going to abandon my web-scraping scripts in Perl, once all this is in place. Web-scraping banking web-sites is a rather tedious business, whereas HBCI is a confirmed banking standard in this country (Germany), and I consider the Hibiscus Server as a rather either way to deal with the HBCI Moloch AKA FinTS.

…:

• http://www.willuhn.de/wiki/doku.php?id=support:list:banken:misc:pintan – bank details needed to set up an HBCI account