Paperless‑ngx fails to start on Runtipi – database "paperless" does not exist

Hi all, I'm trying to install & run Paperless‑ngx 2.19.5, but the container keeps failing with:

psycopg.OperationalError: connection failed: connection to server at "10.128.10.3", port 5432 failed: FATAL: database "paperless" does not exist

Any advice?

7 Replies

Stavros•4w ago

Has the database started? Check the beginning of the logs

maikwarsOP•3w ago

Log said yes: 'paperless-ngx-1 | Connected to PostgreSQL paperless-ngx-1 | [init-db-wait] Database is ready paperless-ngx-1 | [init-migrations] Apply database migrations... db-1 | 2025-11-17 06:54:45.250 UTC [34] FATAL: database "paperless" does not exist'

InfBoumcyCastle•3w ago

does the database "paperless" exist on your db service? you should be able to check like that:

docker exec -it paperless-ngx_migrated-paperless-ngx-db-1
psql -U paperless
paperless=# SELECT datname FROM pg_database;
  datname  
-----------
 template0
 paperless
 postgres
 template1
(4 rows)

docker exec -it paperless-ngx_migrated-paperless-ngx-db-1
psql -U paperless
paperless=# SELECT datname FROM pg_database;
  datname  
-----------
 template0
 paperless
 postgres
 template1
(4 rows)

maikwarsOP•3w ago

Here is my complete log:

docker exec -it paperless-ngx_migrated-paperless-ngx-db-1
psql -U paperless
paperless=# SELECT datname FROM pg_database;
  datname  
-----------
 template0
 paperless
 postgres
 template1
(4 rows)

docker exec -it paperless-ngx_migrated-paperless-ngx-db-1
psql -U paperless
paperless=# SELECT datname FROM pg_database;
  datname  
-----------
 template0
 paperless
 postgres
 template1
(4 rows)

maikwarsOP•3w ago

InfBoumcyCastle•2w ago

i would probably make a db dump reinstall paperless-ngx, and restore the db.

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Paperless‑ngx fails to start on Runtipi – database "paperless" does not exist

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