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Paperless-ngx

Document management and OCR archive with Postgres, Redis, and durable media storage.

Appaloft · Official Appaloft catalogReviewed 2026-05-27cloud-paperless-ngx · v1.0.0

Deployment highlights

  • Runs the ghcr container image.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx:latest.
  • Postgres, Redis, and document storage are prepared as backing services.
  • Primary web interface listens on port 8000.

Good for

  • Searchable document archives
  • OCR-backed paperless workflows
  • Private team document intake

Deployment variants

Deployment variants

The public Blueprint describes application topology. Appaloft's install plan confirms resource creation, reuse, and upgrade checks.

This Blueprint uses a single deployment shape.

Environment profiles

Production · DefaultPreview

Upgrade impact

Upgrade strategy: image-tag
Manual review required · No destructive changes declared

Blueprint manifest

Topology Appaloft will create

This topology comes from the public Blueprint manifest. Dependencies are created or bound to existing resources through the install plan.

Components · 1

Paperless-ngx

service
Runtime
container-image · ghcr.io/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx:latest
Public ports
http:8000/http Public
Routes
http/
Health check
HTTP /
Bound resources
postgres · redis · data · media

Dependencies · 4

Postgres database

postgres
Dependency
postgres
Required
Required

Redis broker

redis
Dependency
redis
Required
Required

Paperless data volume

volume
Dependency
volume
Required
Required

Paperless media volume

volume
Dependency
volume
Required
Required

Installation configuration

Installation configuration

Parameters are ordinary install-time settings. Secrets are shown only by key and source; this page never collects or displays their values.

Parameters · 1

App name

APP_NAME

Type: string · Required · Default: Paperless-ngx

Secrets · 2

Paperless secret key

PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY

Required · Generated during install

Runtime secret placeholder generated or supplied during install.

Paperless admin password

PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD

Required · Generated during install

Initial admin password placeholder generated or supplied during install.