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@@ -539,7 +539,10 @@ Migration to paperless-ng
At its core, paperless-ng is still paperless and fully compatible. However, some At its core, paperless-ng is still paperless and fully compatible. However, some
things have changed under the hood, so you need to adapt your setup depending on things have changed under the hood, so you need to adapt your setup depending on
how you installed paperless. The important things to keep in mind are as follows. how you installed paperless.
This setup describes how to update an existing paperless Docker installation.
The important things to keep in mind are as follows:
* Read the :ref:`changelog <paperless_changelog>` and take note of breaking changes. * Read the :ref:`changelog <paperless_changelog>` and take note of breaking changes.
* You should decide if you want to stick with SQLite or want to migrate your database * You should decide if you want to stick with SQLite or want to migrate your database
@@ -574,11 +577,18 @@ Migration to paperless-ng is then performed in a few simple steps:
.. caution:: .. caution::
Paperless includes a ``.env`` file. This will set the Paperless-ng includes a ``.env`` file. This will set the
project name for docker compose to ``paperless`` so that paperless-ng will project name for docker compose to ``paperless``, which will also define the name
automatically reuse your existing paperless volumes. When you start it, it of the volumes by paperless-ng. However, if you experience that paperless-ng
will migrate your existing data. After that, your old paperless installation is not using your old paperless volumes, verify the names of your volumes with
will be incompatible with the migrated volumes.
.. code:: shell-session
$ docker volume ls | grep _data
and adjust the project name in the ``.env`` file so that it matches the name
of the volumes before the ``_data`` part.
4. Download the ``docker-compose.sqlite.yml`` file to ``docker-compose.yml``. 4. Download the ``docker-compose.sqlite.yml`` file to ``docker-compose.yml``.
If you want to switch to PostgreSQL, do that after you migrated your existing If you want to switch to PostgreSQL, do that after you migrated your existing