Tutorial: How to Install Papermerge on Fedora CoreOS Latest

Introduction

Papermerge is an open-source document management system designed to help you organize and manage your documents efficiently. It provides a web-based interface for managing documents, including scanning, uploading, and retrieving files. This tutorial will guide you on how to install Papermerge on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Prerequisites

Before we proceed with the installation, you need to ensure that you have the following prerequisites in place:

• A server with Fedora CoreOS Latest installed
• A non-root user with sudo privileges
• Docker installed on the server

Step 1: Install Docker

Papermerge requires Docker to be installed to run the application. If you don't have Docker installed on your server, you can follow the steps below to install it:

sudo dnf -y install docker

Once the installation is complete, you need to start the Docker service by running the command below:

sudo systemctl start docker

Step 2: Create a Docker network

To isolate the Papermerge container in a separate network, we need to create a Docker network. You can create a Docker network by running the following command:

sudo docker network create papermerge_network

Step 3: Download the Papermerge Docker image

We will now download the Papermerge Docker image using the following command:

sudo docker pull papermerge/papermerge

Step 4: Create the Papermerge configuration file

You need to create a configuration file for Papermerge. The configuration file will contain the settings required to access the database, SMTP server, and other application configurations.

To create the configuration file, run the command below:

mkdir ~/papermerge && cd ~/papermerge
cat <<EOF > config.yml
version: '3'

services:
  papermerge:
    image: papermerge/papermerge
    restart: always
    container_name: papermerge
    ports:
      - "8000:8000"
    volumes:
      - ./data:/papermerge/data
      - ./collected_static:/papermerge/collected_static
      - ./config:/papermerge/papermerge/local_settings.py
    environment:
      - PG_DB_NAME=postgres
      - PG_USER=postgres
      - PG_PASSWORD=postgres
      - PG_HOST=db
      - PG_PORT=5432
      - PG_CONN_MAX_AGE=0
      - DJANGO_SECRET_KEY=secret_key
      - DJANGO_SUPERUSER_USERNAME=admin
      - DJANGO_SUPERUSER_PASSWORD=admin
      - DJANGO_SUPERUSER_EMAIL=admin@example.com
      - ALLOWED_HOSTS=0.0.0.0
      - DEFAULT_EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
      - EMAIL_BACKEND=django.core.mail.backends.smtp.EmailBackend
      - EMAIL_HOST=smtp.gmail.com
      - EMAIL_PORT=587
      - EMAIL_USE_TLS=True
      - EMAIL_HOST_USER=your_gmail_email
      - EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD=your_gmail_password

  db:
    image: postgres:12
    restart: always
    container_name: db
    environment:
      - POSTGRES_DB=postgres
      - POSTGRES_USER=postgres
      - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=postgres
    volumes:
      - ./pgdata:/var/lib/postgresql/data
    ports:
      - "5432:5432"

EOF

Make sure to replace the EMAIL_HOST_USER and EMAIL_HOST_PASSWORD with your Gmail email and password.

Step 5: Start the Papermerge container

Now that we have everything set up, we can start the Papermerge container by running the following command:

sudo docker-compose -f ~/papermerge/config.yml up -d

This will start the Papermerge container in detached mode.

Step 6: Access the Papermerge web interface

Papermerge should now be up and running. You can access the Papermerge web interface by navigating to http://<IP Address of your server>:8000 in your web browser.

You will need to log in using the username and password you specified in the configuration file. Once you are logged in, you can start uploading your documents.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Papermerge on Fedora CoreOS Latest.

Conclusion

Papermerge is a robust document management system that provides an easy-to-use interface for managing your documents. In this tutorial, we have shown you how to install Papermerge on Fedora CoreOS Latest, allowing you to manage your documents efficiently.

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