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    "slug": "paperless-ngx-documents",
    "name": "Paperless-ngx — Self-Hosted Document Manager & OCR",
    "description": "Self-host Paperless-ngx — scan, OCR, tag & search documents",
    "url": "https://railway.com/deploy/paperless-ngx-documents",
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    }
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  "success_rate_30d": null,
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    },
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      },
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      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
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      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
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      "default": "/data/data"
    },
    {
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    },
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      "service": "Paperless-ngx",
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    },
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    },
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    },
    {
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      "secret": true,
      "strategy": "generate",
      "generate": "random_base64_32"
    },
    {
      "key": "PAPERLESS_OCR_LANGUAGE",
      "service": "Paperless-ngx",
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    },
    {
      "key": "PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD",
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      "description": "Create Superuser password",
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    },
    {
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      "description": "Document intake directory",
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    },
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    },
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      "default": "default"
    },
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
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    },
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    },
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      "key": "PGDATA",
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      "description": "Location where the database will be initialized",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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      "key": "PGHOST",
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      "description": "Railway Private Domain Name.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "PGPORT",
      "service": "Postgres",
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      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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    },
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      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
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      "description": "Required variable for the data panel.",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
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      "service": "Postgres",
      "description": "Required variable for Data panel",
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      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "reference_variable"
    },
    {
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      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "railway"
    },
    {
      "key": "DATABASE_URL",
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      "description": "URL to connect to Postgres database.",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "railway_provided",
      "railway_source": "railway_private_domain"
    },
    {
      "key": "POSTGRES_USER",
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      "description": "User to connect to Postgres DB",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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    },
    {
      "key": "SSL_CERT_DAYS",
      "service": "Postgres",
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      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
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    },
    {
      "key": "POSTGRES_PASSWORD",
      "service": "Postgres",
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      "strategy": "generate",
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    },
    {
      "key": "RAILWAY_DEPLOYMENT_DRAINING_SECONDS",
      "service": "Postgres",
      "description": "Allow Postgres to cleanly shut down",
      "secret": false,
      "strategy": "default",
      "default": "60"
    }
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      "server": "railway",
      "tool": "deploy_template",
      "args": {
        "template_code": "paperless-ngx-documents"
      }
    },
    "cli": "railway deploy --template paperless-ngx-documents",
    "api": {
      "method": "POST",
      "path": "/graphql/v2",
      "body": {
        "query": "mutation templateDeploy($input: TemplateDeployV2Input!) { templateDeployV2(input: $input) { projectId workflowId } }",
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                    },
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                    },
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                      "description": "Redis connection for Celery task queue",
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                    },
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                      "defaultValue": "${{Postgres.PGDATABASE}}"
                    },
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                      "description": "PostgreSQL password",
                      "defaultValue": "${{Postgres.PGPASSWORD}}"
                    },
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                      "description": "Create Superuser email address",
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                    },
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                      "description": "Create Superuser username",
                      "defaultValue": "{{PAPERLESS_ADMIN_USER}}"
                    },
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                    },
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                      "description": "Django secret key for sessions",
                      "defaultValue": "{{PAPERLESS_SECRET_KEY}}"
                    },
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                      "description": "Default OCR language",
                      "defaultValue": "eng"
                    },
                    "PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Create Superuser password",
                      "defaultValue": "{{PAPERLESS_ADMIN_PASSWORD}}"
                    },
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                  },
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                  },
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                      "description": "REDISHOST",
                      "defaultValue": "${{RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}"
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                      "description": "REDISPORT",
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                    },
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                      "description": "REDISUSER",
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                    },
                    "REDIS_URL": {
                      "isOptional": false,
                      "description": "Connection string for connecting to redis using the private network",
                      "defaultValue": "redis://${{ REDISUSER }}:${{ REDIS_PASSWORD }}@${{ REDISHOST }}:${{ REDISPORT }}"
                    },
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                      "description": "REDISPASSWORD",
                      "defaultValue": "${{REDIS_PASSWORD}}"
                    },
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                      "defaultValue": "${{RAILWAY_PRIVATE_DOMAIN}}"
                    },
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                    },
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                    },
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                        3,
                        4,
                        5,
                        6,
                        7
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                        5,
                        7,
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                      ],
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                    },
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                  }
                }
              }
            }
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        }
      }
    }
  },
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  "generated_at": "2026-09-21T04:14:46.774Z",
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}