Install Paperless-ngx on Synology NAS using only Container Manager (2024)

welcome to today's video I would like to show you how to install paperless ngx on your sonaly Nas using only container manager there are a lot of tutorials out there showing you how to install paperless ngx on your sonaly Nas but all I found were using a thirdparty software to compose the docker with all the needed components and I don't like to do this so I looked for a way to do it just with the software container manager that comes with your sonology Nas first I like to show you the heartburn software components I use to realize this project I have a sonology disc station 923 plus with the latest DSM version at the time I produ this video and on this Nas I installed container manager again in the latest version and then I pulled three darker images the first one obviously is paperless ngx the second one is readers that is one that is necessary to make paperless work either way and the third one is postgress this is an alternative robust SQL database that can be used with paperless ngx paperless ngx comes with SQ light in the first place but I found through testing that the database is multiple times locked when you try to import multiple files at once here you can see the configuration overview this slide shows all the adjustments that you need to make to the containers during the installation process to make paperless work with postgress database if you're an experienced user you can stop the video now and make all the necessary adjustments on your own if not don't worry I will hop into this station manager and show you all the adjustments necessary step by step after logging into your dis station manager you need to open container manager then click on registration and search for the names of the images you want to pull remember first one is readus Select readus and click download if you haven't already done this then search for paperless and download the paperless ngx image and last but not least search for postgress and download the post image after downloading all the images you click on image and now you can see all the downloaded images including readers paperless and postgress now we need to create the containers themselves click on readers to select it and then click execute or outv as it says on my screen in a configuration window in the first step don't change anything in the Second Step you need need to select the local Port that is applicable to your Nas that is free at your Nas that will be redirected to the docker internal Port 6379 then further down you have to select the network select host and then you can click on okay to install the container I already did this so I will close the configuration window and proceed with the next container proceed in the same way with the postgress container click execute do not change anything in the first window assign your local part and then scroll down and add the shown configurations to your environment remember that the username and the password are set when the database launches for the first time keep Bridge as your network hit okay and then you're done with the post container before starting with the paperless container you want to make sure that you know about your user map user ID and user map group ID with all the necessary information at hand you can start configuring your paperless ngx container hit execute do not change anything in the first window and then configure your local Port first then you need to make adjustments to the volume part add volumes as shown hit add folder select the folder you want to add and then add the path as shown scroll roll further down and then you need to add a few environmental things as shown keep Bridge as you n work hit okay and then let your Nas install paperless ngx by clicking on container you can see all your installed Docker containers you can also see if they are up and running or if they are down make sure that the dots on the left side of your containers are all green if you encounter a problem starting paper Lo ngx make sure that you start readus and postgress before starting paperless ngx itself after navigating to your n IP address and adding the port to the IP address paperless should open if not wait one or two minutes to let the installation finish and paperless start and doing all the first startup work afterwards you can log in with your set credentials I hope you enjoyed this video If so subscribe hit the Bell icon and I would like to hear your thoughts about this tutorial down in the comment section

Channel: Tutorials with Felix

Views: 1,151

Keywords: Container Manager, DMS, Document management system, Dokumenten Managementsystem, Paperless-ngx, Papierloses Buero, Postgres, Postgresql, Synology

Id: 5iU3UV0tU0c

Length: 8min 29sec (509 seconds)

Published: Thu Mar 07 2024