Finally going paperless

After years of procrastination, I finally went on with my efforts of going entirely paperless with my company and personal documents. This was a move, that took me over 5 years. But it feels great to have everything handy wherever I am.

I am a really sorted guy with the stuff I keep on my computers. I backup all of my e-mails and have them at hand searchable. I store most of my digital documents in a dropbox with a well-thought-out directory structure. For physical documents however, the situation is an entirely different one. It often takes me days or weeks to find the right documents.

The need for such a move was sorely needed. And a week ago I finally found the time to order everything that I need. These are no referral links.

Then I installed docker by issuing this command:

Now I only had to put up my docker-compose file:

Et voilà. Paperless NG is running in all it’s glory. Now I installed vsftpd on the host system. I did not bother with a docker container for thisas I had memories of really strange images and a messy configuration with all things FTP inside of docker.

After installation I edited the configuration file /etc/vsftpd.conf. I allowed writing and chrooted the FTP server to the home directory. Then it was time for the first test. I configured the scanner to upload to the paperless consume folder. After two or three tries it actually worked.

I put the scanner right next to the main door. Whenever a new letter arrives, it gets opened, scanned and then I put it into one of these archive boxes. Paperless automatically tags the current box and drawer number onto newly scanned documents.

This way I know exactly in which box I have to look for a specific document.

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