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Running your own document archive with Paperless-ngx: container installation, version upgrades and migrations, storage requirements, backup and restore, and the limits of offloading the document store.

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Running Paperless-ngx with Limited Storage: Offload Documents to a Cloud Service

Paperless-ngx only needs the database, search index, and thumbnails locally; the documents themselves can reside in a cloud service. What the practical test showed and how to set it up with the ready-made template in three commands.

July 26, 2026 Paperless-ngx 6 min read