9 KiB
Paperless-ngx
Paperless-ngx s a community-supported open-source document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. MASH can install paperless-ngx with the mother-of-all-self-hosting/ansible-role-paperless ansible role.
Dependencies
This service requires the following other services:
Configuration
To enable this service, add the following configuration to your vars.yml file and re-run the installation process:
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# paperless #
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paperless_enabled: true
paperless_hostname: paperless.example.org
# KeyDB configuration, as described below
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# #
# /paperless #
# #
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KeyDB
As described on the KeyDB documentation page, if you're hosting additional services which require KeyDB on the same server, you'd better go for installing a separate KeyDB instance for each service. See Creating a KeyDB instance dedicated to paperless-ngx.
If you're only running paperless-ngx on this server and don't need to use KeyDB for anything else, you can use a single KeyDB instance.
Using the shared KeyDB instance for authentik
To install a single (non-dedicated) KeyDB instance (mash-keydb) and hook paperless to it, add the following additional configuration:
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# keydb #
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keydb_enabled: true
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# /keydb #
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# paperless #
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# Base configuration as shown above
# Point paperless to the shared KeyDB instance
paperless_redis_hostname: "{{ keydb_identifier }}"
# Make sure the authentik service (mash-authentik.service) starts after the shared KeyDB service (mash-keydb.service)
paperless_systemd_required_services_list_custom:
- "{{ keydb_identifier }}.service"
# Make sure the authentik container is connected to the container network of the shared KeyDB service (mash-keydb)
paperless_container_additional_networks_custom:
- "{{ keydb_identifier }}"
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# #
# /paperless #
# #
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This will create a mash-keydb KeyDB instance on this host.
This is only recommended if you won't be installing other services which require KeyDB. Alternatively, go for Creating a KeyDB instance dedicated to paperless-ngx.
Creating a KeyDB instance dedicated to paperless
The following instructions are based on the Running multiple instances of the same service on the same host documentation.
Adjust your inventory/hosts file as described in Re-do your inventory to add supplementary hosts, adding a new supplementary host (e.g. if paperless.example.org is your main one, create paperless.example.org-deps).
Then, create a new vars.yml file for the
inventory/host_vars/paperless.example.org-deps/vars.yml:
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# Playbook #
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# Put a strong secret below, generated with `pwgen -s 64 1` or in another way
# Various other secrets will be derived from this secret automatically.
mash_playbook_generic_secret_key: ''
# Override service names and directory path prefixes
mash_playbook_service_identifier_prefix: 'mash-paperless-'
mash_playbook_service_base_directory_name_prefix: 'paperless-'
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# /Playbook #
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# keydb #
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keydb_enabled: true
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# /keydb #
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This will create a mash-paperless-keydb instance on this host with its data in /mash/paperless-keydb.
Then, adjust your main inventory host's variables file (inventory/host_vars/paperless.example.org/vars.yml) like this:
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# #
# paperless #
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# Base configuration as shown above
# Point authentik to its dedicated KeyDB instance
paperless_redis_hostname: mash-authentik-keydb
# Make sure the authentik service (mash-paperless.service) starts after its dedicated KeyDB service (mash-paperless-keydb.service)
paperless_systemd_required_services_list_custom:
- "mash-paperless-keydb.service"
# Make sure the authentik container is connected to the container network of its dedicated KeyDB service (mash-paperless-keydb)
authentik_container_additional_networks_custom:
- "mash-paperless-keydb"
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# #
# /paperless #
# #
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Installation
If you've decided to install a dedicated KeyDB instance for paperless, make sure to first do installation for the supplementary inventory host (e.g. paperless.example.org-deps), before running installation for the main one (e.g. paperless.example.org).
Usage
Access your instance in your browser at https://paperless.example.org
Refer to the official documentation to learn how to use paperless.