Paperless-ngx

Paperless-ngx is a document management system that transforms your physical documents into a searchable online archive.

Backup & Restore

Here is the procedure to backup and restore the Paperless-NGX application and all of its data.


Backup

On a terminal, enter the following command:

docker compose exec -T <paperless_webserver> document_exporter -z ../export

Where:

Restore

You'll need to unzip the previous export!

On a terminal, enter the following command:

docker compose exec -T <paperless_webserver> document_importer ../export/<unzipped_directory>/

Where: