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Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that scans, OCRs, and archives your documents. This Lynxroute build is security baked in: Nginx TLS reverse proxy, admin credentials generated at first boot, PostgreSQL and Redis bound to localhost only, and CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base.
GPL-3.0 license - fully auditable, no vendor lock-in.
Overview
This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.
WHAT IS PAPERLESS-NGX
Paperless-ngx is a self-hosted document management system that scans, OCRs and archives your paper trail into a fully searchable digital archive - a Django web application with a Celery worker for background OCR jobs, Redis for the task queue, and Tika + Gotenberg sidecars for parsing complex office documents. Documents are auto-classified into correspondents, document types and tags via a trainable Bayesian model; full-text search runs over the OCR output. The consume folder accepts uploads via the web UI, REST API, drag-and-drop, IMAP email ingestion and rsync drop. Persists documents, metadata and the search index in PostgreSQL with originals on the local filesystem. GPL-3.0 license - community-maintained fork of the original paperless project, no commercial vendor and no lock-in.
WHAT THIS AMI ADDS
Security hardening:
- Admin credentials generated at first boot - unique per instance
- Nginx reverse proxy with TLS - granian ASGI server bound to localhost only
- PostgreSQL and Redis bound to 127.0.0.1 - no external DB exposure
- UFW firewall - ports 22, 80, 443 only
- fail2ban, IMDSv2 enforced
- CVE scan - every image is scanned for vulnerabilities before release
OS hardening (CIS Level 1):
- CIS Ubuntu 24.04 LTS Level 1 benchmark applied via ansible-lockdown
- auditd, SSH hardening, kernel hardening
Compliance artifacts:
- SBOM - CycloneDX 1.6 at /etc/lynxroute/sbom.json
- CIS Conformance Report at /etc/lynxroute/cis-report.html
- CIS Tailored Profile at /usr/share/doc/lynxroute/CIS_TAILORED_PROFILE.md
Highlights
- Paperless-ngx secure by default: Nginx TLS proxy, admin credentials unique per instance, PostgreSQL and Redis localhost-only - unlike bare deployments that expose the database to the network.
- CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS: auditd, fail2ban, AppArmor, SSH key-only, IMDSv2 enforced. CVE-scanned before every release. SBOM (CycloneDX) and CIS Conformance Report included.
- Full document management stack: OCR with Tesseract, Django web UI, Celery async processing, PostgreSQL storage. GPL-3.0 license - free and open-source forever.
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Dimension | Cost/hour |
|---|---|
t3.medium Recommended | $0.05 |
m6i.large | $0.05 |
m6i.xlarge | $0.05 |
t3.large | $0.05 |
t3.small | $0.03 |
Dimensions summary
You pay by the hour based on the EC2 instance size you launch. Five options let you match compute capacity to your workload. The t3.small, t3.medium, and t3.large run on burstable instances that suit lighter or variable use. The m6i.large and m6i.xlarge use general-purpose instances for steadier, heavier processing. Larger instances carry higher hourly rates. All five deliver the same hardened document management software; only the underlying compute size and hourly price change. You add standard AWS infrastructure charges separately.
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The hourly rate covers the Paperless-ngx software image, hardened to CIS Level 1 with OCR document management. You pay standard AWS infrastructure charges separately, including compute, storage, and data transfer. All billing runs through AWS Marketplace; the vendor does not process payments.
Software charges meter running instance-hours. A fully stopped instance stops accruing hourly software charges. You may still pay AWS storage fees for attached volumes while the instance is stopped. Charges resume when you start the instance again.
The t3.small, t3.medium, and t3.large are burstable instances built for lighter or variable document processing. The m6i.large and m6i.xlarge are general-purpose instances for steadier, heavier OCR and indexing loads. All five run the same software; you match the size to your expected activity.
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64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
Amazon Machine Image (AMI)
An AMI is a virtual image that provides the information required to launch an instance. Amazon EC2 (Elastic Compute Cloud) instances are virtual servers on which you can run your applications and workloads, offering varying combinations of CPU, memory, storage, and networking resources. You can launch as many instances from as many different AMIs as you need.
Version release notes
Paperless-ngx v3.0.2
- Updated to Paperless-ngx 3.0.2 (patch on the 3.0.0 major release; fixes a broken 3.0.1 database migration - built fresh, so migrations run clean)
- New Tantivy full-text search backend replaces Whoosh - faster indexing and search
- Optional AI / LLM / semantic-search features are included but shipped DISABLED by default - no model downloads and no external calls; opt in with PAPERLESS_AI_ENABLED
- Document checksums now use SHA256
- Legacy API v1 removed - use API v2 or later
- Certbot pre-installed - enable HTTPS with one command: sudo certbot --nginx -d yourdomain.com
- Rebuilt on the latest CIS Level 1 hardened Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base
Additional details
Usage instructions
- Launch instance (t3.medium recommended for OCR workloads)
- Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 and TCP 80 from your IP
- Wait 5-10 minutes after first launch for first-boot setup to complete
- SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
- Read credentials: sudo cat /root/paperless-ngx-credentials.txt
- Open https://<PUBLIC_IP> - accept the self-signed certificate warning
- Log in with credentials from the credentials file
The startup page auto-refreshes every 15 seconds while first-boot is running. Credentials are saved to /root/paperless-ngx-credentials.txt at first boot. Replace the self-signed TLS certificate with a CA-signed certificate for production use.
To ingest documents:
- Upload via the web UI
- Drop files into /opt/paperless-ngx/consume/ on the instance
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Visit us online: https://lynxroute.com For Paperless-ngx documentation: https://docs.paperless-ngx.com For Paperless-ngx upstream issues: https://github.com/paperless-ngx/paperless-ngx/issues For AWS infrastructure issues:
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