wiki.paepcke.com

Install Debian 14 (basic without GUI is sufficient)

As root, install sudo

apt install sudo

Referencing docs.docker.com, still as root, install Docker using the apt repository

Extend Docker authority to a non-privileged user

sudo usermod -aG docker jdoe

Log out and back in

Referencing docs.paperless-ngx.com, as a non-privileged user, fetch the Paperless-NGX Docker image, and spawn a container from it:

• Specify sqlite as Database
• Accept default (blank) URL
• Accept all other defaults

List active containers

/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins/docker-compose ls

Stop, start Paperless-NGX container as daemon

export PATH=$PATH:/usr/libexec/docker/cli-plugins

cd /home/jdoe/paperless-ngx
docker-compose down
docker-compose up -d

Stop, start dockerd service

sudo systemctl stop docker
sudo systemctl start docker