Deploying to Cloud provider (GCP, AWS, etc)

[MaxG87]

I recently learned about paperless-ngx on Golem. I really like it and it seems to solve a real pain point I had. However, I do not want it to be deployed on my main machine because I could reach it there only when it is on, which it usually isn't.

Thus, I deployed paperless-ngx on a Raspberry Pi 4 (2GB) with mixed results. In general, it works, but it is quite slow and suffers from OOM situations. Since my go-to hoster (uberspace.de) does not support to use Docker, I thought about an alternative.

I wonder whether someone deployed paperless-ngx to GCP or AWS or another cloud provider. I am relatively sure that I could figure out how to run a docker-compose up, but I wonder whether that would be the best way. For instance, that would spin up a Postgres container, which might be inferior to using the cloud provider's serverless database.

So, I wonder whether anyone tried this before and how the experience was. Are there any lessons to share?

Thank you very much.

[ruedigerp]

Hello,

Of course, you can install Paperless in AWS and similar platforms. You can either install Docker on a VM or use Kubernetes.
For the VM, install Docker Engine and Docker Compose. Run docker-compose up and it's done. You could then run MySQL/MariaDB or Postgres directly on the host or as a Managed Service from the Hyperscaler, depending on what you want to pay.
The exact same thing can be done with Kubernetes. You can also quickly install Kubernetes on one of the Hyperscalers with just a click and then run Paperless in the Kubernetes environment. You can expect to pay around €300 on average. This includes 3 nodes and good availability. But I think that would be oversized, just for Paperless.

An alternative would be a mix of both. A VM with self-installed Kubernetes, for example, microk8s, k3s.
There's a Helm Chart for Paperless available online, but unfortunately, it's buggy and doesn't want to start. However, I recently created a Helm Chart myself, which includes automatic backup.
With this, I install Paperless on a VM with Kubernetes including persistent storage on dedicated servers.
You could also use Azure App Container or similar services from AWS, GCP and Co., and take Postgres and Redis (CosmoDB for Azure), and you would just need to adjust the config accordingly so that the services can be consumed externally.

[MaxG87]

The 300€ you mentioned, are they for the K8s option, for the VM or both? It sounds quite expensive, though.

[ruedigerp]

K8s option

[MaxG87]

Thank you very much for sharing your experiences here.

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