Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive so you can keep, well, less paper. After my article on How to Install Paperless NGX on Your Synology NAS, many people have contacted me asking for an even more comprehensive guide so that office files such as .docx could also be uploaded. In this step by step guide I will show you how to install Paperless-ngx with Office files support on your Synology NAS using Docker & Portainer.
STEP 1
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STEP 2
Install Portainer using my step by step guide. If you already have Portainer installed on your Synology NAS, skip this STEP. Attention: Make sure you have installed the latest Portainer version.
STEP 3
Go to File Station and open the docker folder. Inside the docker folder create three new folders and name them paperdb, paperedis, paperlessngx. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 4
Now create four new folders inside the paperlessngx folder that you created at STEP 3 and name them consume, data, export, media. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: Be careful to enter only lowercase, not uppercase letters.
STEP 5
Log into Portainer using your username and password. On the left sidebar in Portainer, click on Stacks then + Add stack. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 6
In the Name field type in paperlessngxdoc. Follow the instructions in the image below.
version: "3.6"
services:
redis:
image: redis
container_name: paperless-redis
restart: always
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/paperedis:/data
db:
image: postgres
container_name: paperless-db
restart: always
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/paperdb:/var/lib/postgresql/data
environment:
POSTGRES_DB: paperless
POSTGRES_USER: paperless
POSTGRES_PASSWORD: paperless
webserver:
image: ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx
container_name: paperlessngx
restart: always
depends_on:
- db
- redis
- gotenberg
- tika
ports:
- 8777:8000
volumes:
- /volume1/docker/paperlessngx/data:/usr/src/paperless/data
- /volume1/docker/paperlessngx/media:/usr/src/paperless/media
- /volume1/docker/paperlessngx/export:/usr/src/paperless/export
- /volume1/docker/paperlessngx/consume:/usr/src/paperless/consume
environment:
PAPERLESS_REDIS: redis://redis:6379
PAPERLESS_DBHOST: db
USERMAP_UID: 1026
USERMAP_GID: 100
PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE: Europe/Bucharest
PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER: marius
PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD: mariushosting
PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE: deu+eng
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENABLED: 1
PAPERLESS_TIKA_GOTENBERG_ENDPOINT: http://gotenberg:3000/forms/libreoffice/convert#
PAPERLESS_TIKA_ENDPOINT: http://tika:9998
gotenberg:
image: gotenberg/gotenberg
restart: always
container_name: gotenberg
ports:
- 3000:3000
command:
- "gotenberg"
- "--chromium-disable-routes=true"
tika:
image: ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/tika
container_name: tika
ports:
- 9998:9998
restart: always
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area, change the values for USERMAP_UID and USERMAP_GID with your own number values. (Follow my step by step guide on how to do this.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area, change the value for PAPERLESS_TIME_ZONE with your own time zone value. (Select your current Time Zone from this list.)
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area, change the value for PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER and add your own username. marius is an example of a username. You have to insert your own username.
Note: Before you paste the code above in the Web editor area, change the value for PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD and add your own password. mariushosting is an example of a password. You have to insert your own password.
STEP 7
Scroll down on the page until you see a button named Deploy the stack. Click on it. Follow the instructions in the image below. The installation process can take up to a few minutes. It will depend on your Internet speed connection.
STEP 8
If everything goes right, you will see the following message at the top right of your screen: “Success Stack successfully deployed“.
STEP 9
Go back to STEP 1 or you will deal with karma 🙂.
STEP 10
Now open your browser and type in http://Synology-ip-address:8777 Add your own Username and Password you have chosen at STEP 6 then click Sign in. Follow the instructions in the image below.
STEP 11
Start uploading your documents now with Office files support!
Enjoy Paperless-ngx with Office files support!
You can also enable dark mode and change the theme sidebar color. On the left sidebar click on Settings. Check Enable dark mode then click Save. Follow the instructions in the image below.
Note: If you want to run the Paperless-ngx container over HTTPS, check my guide on How to Run Docker Containers Over HTTPS. If you want to use reverse proxy to access Paperless-ngx over HTTPS, in the code at STEP 6 you also need to add the environment PAPERLESS_URL: https://paperless.yourname.synology.me just after PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD:
Troubleshoot: If you get the “Error while converting document to PDF: 503 Server Error: Service Unavailable for url: http://gotenberg:3000/forms/libreoffice/convert” – This is usually due to the server being “down” for scheduled maintenance or due to a heavy traffic load that prevents it from properly serving all incoming requests. You need to wait until the server is back up again.
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This post was updated on Monday / November 28th, 2022 at 6:18 PM