Paperless - indexing and archiving scanned documents

[timconsidine]

@timconsidine Seems last was my noob issue.
The dashboard clears eventually and tags can be retro-applied with

root@<app-instance>:/app/code/src# python3 manage.py document_retagger -T

New Q : I'm looking to add schedule tasks but cannot see in doc a list of task.function. Is there one available?

[doodlemania2]

@timconsidine Glad you got it working - I'm note sure how the scheduled tasks stuff works - since it does what i need out of the box, I just ignored those

[timconsidine]

@doodlemania2 no problem, I understand, and likewise I have started using it as it does everything I currently want 'out of the box'.
I just don't like to miss a trick by getting even more value out of it by using 'advanced options'.

I have to say : thank you again. It's an awesome app, and solves a problem of coordinating docs between users (in my case purchase invoices needing review and input). Previously I have been using a shared folder in Nextcloud, and although that works, I have had issues when some user's sync to Nextcloud stops, and everyong starts shouting at each other because they are seeing different views of the world.

The only things not there which I can identify which would be nice :

• "tag tree" view, which I notice Teedy has. Just a UI advantage

• a way to remove tags w/o manually doing so, based on some conditions

But hey ho, just "nice to have" not essentials.

[doodlemania2]

@timconsidine outstanding! really glad it works for you

[scooke]

@timconsidine Hello! To get this installed, did you download the source, cd into the directory and run cloudron build then cloudron install? I only once ever managed to install a non-official app but I totally forget how I did it!

One place I get stuck on conceptually is at https://docs.cloudron.io/custom-apps/tutorial/, where it tells us to build:

# build the app
$ docker build -t username/nodejs-app:1.0.0 .

What in the world is "username" supposed to be? Just a bit earlier it tells us to git clone https://git.cloudron.io/cloudron/tutorial-nodejs-app, so why wouldn't the build section just use cloudron as the username? And if it isn't cloudron but myself, does this mean it is going to be put in a directory in the directory I'm building in? Anyway, this stuff confuses the heck out of me.

[timconsidine]

@scooke No I didn't use cloudron build
My process is :

• install cloudron cli (but I guess you did this)
• have your own docker repository : this is what is meant by username. I think it is best described as reponame. I am not so sophisticated as to have my own private repository system. I just use the free account on https://hub.docker.com/
• install Docker Desktop for your platform
• on local machine create a directory e.g. /cloudron-custom/appname and change into the appname directory
• download a zip file of the app source and unzip into the appname directory
• make sure you have Docker Desktop running (which logs you into the free hub.docker account)
• then build using docker build -t <reponame>/<appname>:<tag> . NB my change of terminology, and remember the trailing dot
• if I understand correctly, tag is only to distinguish different builds of the app. Initially i just ignored these, but probably good practice. But they can be anything (date, codeword)
• the built app is now just on your local machine so get it into the reppository system you chose, e.g. hub.docker.com using docker push <reponame>/<appname>:<tag>
• then it is available to cloudron cli so cloudron install --image <reponame>/<appname>:<tag> will ask you what location you want (e.g. appname.yourdomain.com)
• generally it is seamless from there, watch the pretty dots and when finished it should be in your Cloudron dashboard, ready to set access permissions or resources if you don't want the default.

I guess this is not a sophisticated process, it has multiple steps, but I find that easier when something goes wrong to debug.

I think my build of Paperless-NG is available publicly at tcmbp132021/paperless-ng:derek210709
I've never tried it but maybe you could save some effort and try just doing cloudron install --image tcmbp132021/paperless-ng:derek210709
Maybe there will be some permission issues, but it says it is public. If you try that, let me know, it will be useful to know.

I hope that's not too granular for anybody, personally I just like having step-by-step instructions. Good luck and shout if you run into problems. You will succeed !

[scooke]

@timconsidine This is super helpful. I guess another thing that confuses me is, if I understand this process, the hub.docker.com site is going to end up (or already is) jam-packed with 1001 Docker images from everyone and their grandmother. Seems ineffecient and confusing to me.

I'll try skipping to the install step with the filled in <reponame>:<appname> details you gave. Thanks!

[timconsidine]

@scooke I think that's Docker's problem !
No different to any other SaaS-style hosted service. Providing performance on your account is OK, it's probably nothing to worry about.

Or alternatively set up a private repository. Isn't there a Cloudron app already for that ?

I've not been brave enough / had enough time to do that yet.

[scooke]

@doodlemania2 With the help of @timconsidine I have this installed also. Looks and runs smooth! Thank you!

[nebulon]

So this app is published as unstable in the paperless-ng flavor, thanks to @doodlemania2 for the majority of the initial packaging!

The forum section for further feedback and issues is now https://forum.cloudron.io/category/137/paperless-ng so I will lock this topic.