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    Paperless-ngx - Hardened Document Management with OCR

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    Sold by: Lynxroute 
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    This product has charges associated with it for hardening, security configuration, and support. Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system that scans, OCRs, and archives your documents. This Lynxroute build is secure by default: 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.

    Overview

    This is a repackaged software product wherein additional charges apply for hardening, security configuration, and support.

    WHAT IS PAPERLESS-NGX

    Paperless-ngx is an open-source document management system (DMS) that transforms your paper documents and PDFs into a searchable online archive. It uses OCR (Tesseract) to extract text, automatically tags and categorizes documents, and provides a clean web interface for search and retrieval.

    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

    Usage instructions:

    1. Launch instance (t3.medium recommended for OCR workloads)
    2. Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 and TCP 80 from your IP
    3. Wait 5-10 minutes after first launch for first-boot setup to complete
    4. SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
    5. Read credentials: sudo cat /root/paperless-ngx-credentials.txt
    6. Open https://<PUBLIC_IP> - accept the self-signed certificate warning
    7. 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

    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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    64-bit (x86) Amazon Machine Image (AMI)

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    Ubuntu 24.04

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    Paperless-ngx - Hardened Document Management with OCR

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    Pricing is based on actual usage, with charges varying according to how much you consume. Subscriptions have no end date and may be canceled any time.
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    Cost/hour
    t3.medium
    Recommended
    $0.02
    t3.large
    $0.03
    t3.small
    $0.02
    m6i.xlarge
    $0.03
    m6i.large
    $0.05

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    We do not offer refunds for this product. If you experience technical issues, please contact us at https://lynxroute.com  before requesting a refund.

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    Delivery details

    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

    Version 2.20.15 - Initial release (May 2026)

    • Paperless-ngx 2.20.15 on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
    • Nginx TLS, first-boot credentials, PostgreSQL + Redis localhost-only
    • granian ASGI server, Celery workers, Tesseract OCR
    • CVE-scanned before release, SBOM (CycloneDX), CIS Report, IMDSv2 enforced

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    Usage instructions

    1. Launch instance (t3.medium recommended for OCR workloads)
    2. Open Security Group - allow TCP 443 and TCP 80 from your IP
    3. Wait 5-10 minutes after first launch for first-boot setup to complete
    4. SSH: ssh -i key.pem ubuntu@<PUBLIC_IP>
    5. Read credentials: sudo cat /root/paperless-ngx-credentials.txt
    6. Open https://<PUBLIC_IP> - accept the self-signed certificate warning
    7. 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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