Configure Paperless-NGX

So I left the other day with the container crashing after changing the container volumes. After playing with it for a while today I realize it is a permission issue.

• sudo chown 1000:1000 /mnt/paperless

This didn't work, what a bummer. It ends up looking like that didn't even change the permission of the mount point. So I had to unmount first and then change ownership.

• umount -l /mnt/paperless
• sudo chown 1000:1000 /mnt/paperless

That takes care of that problem, the container is able to start now. But I run into another snag. I can't login to the Paperless-NGX app. I had saved the password in my password manager but it doesn't seem to be working. The default admin:admin isn't working either which I find very confusing. I'm assuming that when I changed the volume points something was recreated and wiped out my settings. So let's fix this, how do I go about resolving it?

Steps performed on PAPERLESS-01

• docker-compose ps

This gives me the list of the containers.

• docker exec -ti paperless_webserver1 /bin/bash
  • > cd /usr/src/paperless/src
  • > python manage.py createsuperuser
  • I set back up my username, email, and password.

Success! I can now log back in. I'm glad my assumption was right because I honestly did not have any other ideas. I did end up wiping out everything updating the volumes. This isn't a big deal since I was only using a bunch of testing so far.

As I'm adding files in to Paperless-NGX I notice that they are not showing up in the mounted network share. I'm guessing I still have a permission issue somewhere.

Steps performed on PAPERLESS-01

• docker-compose down
• cd /mnt
• ls -la
  • drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 0 Oct 31 15:49 paperless
• umount -l /mnt/paperless
• ls -la
  • drwxr-xr-x 3 david david 4096 Nov 2 10:07 paperless

What if the group has permission?

• sudo chmod 775 /mnt/paperless
• ls -la
  • drwxrwxr-x 3 david david 4096 Nov 2 10:07 paperless

Well I now notice that the documents are there while the unmounted? So here's what I have to do to fix it:

Steps performed on PAPERLESS-01

• rm /mnt/paperless/*
• umount -l /mnt/paperless
• sudo nano /etc/fstab

//10.10.10.XXX/Data/Documents /mnt/paperless cifs credentials=/home/david/.paperlesscredentials,uid=1000,gid=1000,iocharset=utf8 0 0

• I saved the file
• mount -a

Now when I test by adding some files to Paperless-NGX they are showing up in the network share. Hooray!