papra v0.1.0

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Papra — a minimalistic self-hosted document management and archiving platform: store, organize, tag and full-text search your documents for the long term. Deployed as a single host-networked Nomad service with SQLite storage and a data volume.

nomad-pack run papra --registry nomploy

…or one line (add registry + run)

curl -fsSL https://packs.nomploy.com/install.sh | sh -s -- papra

Needs nomad-pack on PATH. The script only adds the nomploy registry and runs this pack.

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1 task http 1221 1 volume image ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest tracks :latest image bumped today

Variables 10

values.hcl

Save as values.hcl, edit, then run:

nomad-pack run papra -f values.hcl --registry nomploy

# The name of the Nomad job.
job_name = "papra"

# The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
namespace = "default"

# The datacenters to deploy to.
datacenters = ["*"]

# The Papra container image. Pin a tag in production.
image = "ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest"

# Host port for the Papra web UI.
port = 1221

# Public base URL of this Papra instance. Set to your domain in production.
app_base_url = "http://localhost:1221"

# Secret used to sign auth sessions (openssl rand -hex 32). REQUIRED — CHANGE THIS and keep it stable.
auth_secret = "change_me_auth_secret_to_a_long_random_value"

# Named volume for Papra's database and stored documents (/app/app-data).
data_volume = "papra_data"

# Placement constraints. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
constraints = []

# Resources for the Papra task.
resources = {
    cpu    = 400
    memory = 512
  }

Name	Type	Default	Description
job_name	string	"papra"	The name of the Nomad job.
namespace	string	"default"	The Nomad namespace to deploy into.
datacenters	list	["*"]	The datacenters to deploy to.
image	string	"ghcr.io/papra-hq/papra:latest"	The Papra container image. Pin a tag in production.
port	number	1221	Host port for the Papra web UI.
app_base_url	string	"http://localhost:1221"	Public base URL of this Papra instance. Set to your domain in production.
auth_secret set me	string	"change_me_auth_secret_to_a_long_random_value"	Secret used to sign auth sessions (openssl rand -hex 32). REQUIRED — CHANGE THIS and keep it stable.
data_volume	string	"papra_data"	Named volume for Papra's database and stored documents (/app/app-data).
constraints	list	[]	Placement constraints. On a nomploy cluster: attribute = "$${meta.nomploy_control_plane}", operator = "=", value = "true".
resources	object	{ cpu = 400 memory = 512 }	Resources for the Papra task.

Back up this pack

This pack stores data in one Docker named volume: papra_data

restic

# Run on the node hosting this pack. Point restic at your repo first:
#   export RESTIC_REPOSITORY="s3:https://<account>.r2.cloudflarestorage.com/<bucket>"
#   export RESTIC_PASSWORD="<repo-password>"
#   export AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID=<key>  AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY=<secret>
restic backup \
  /var/lib/docker/volumes/papra_data/_data

rclone (sync to S3/R2)

rclone sync /var/lib/docker/volumes/papra_data/_data backup:<bucket>/papra_data

Paths assume the default Docker volume location (/var/lib/docker/volumes). Restore by stopping the job, restoring files into the same volume, and re-running the pack.

Readme

papra

Papra is a minimalistic self-hosted document management and archiving platform — store, organize, tag and full-text search your documents for the long term, like a digital archive.

This pack runs Papra as a single host-networked Nomad job with SQLite storage; its database and your documents live in the papra_data volume (/app/app-data) — no external database is required.

Quick start

nomad-pack run papra --registry=nomploy

Then open http://<node-ip>:1221 and create the first account.

Configuration

Variable	Default	Notes
`port`	`1221`	Web UI host port
`app_base_url`	`http://localhost:1221`	Public URL — set to your domain in production
`auth_secret`	change me	Required session signing secret — keep stable

Papra requires auth_secret to run — change it to a long random value before deploying anywhere real and keep it stable. Data persists in the papra_data named volume.