pdftoolsag/ocr-service-worker repository overview

⁠About This Image

The Pdftools OCR Service Worker is the processing engine of the Pdftools OCR Service. It performs the actual OCR recognition on submitted documents and returns results to the OCR Service Manager⁠.

For more information, please see the online documentation⁠.

⁠How to Use the Image

The OCR Service Worker is used together with the OCR Service Manager⁠. Both images are required for a functional deployment.

⁠Using Docker Compose

services:
  manager:
    image: pdftoolsag/ocr-service-manager:TAG
    ports:
      - "7982:8080"
    environment:
      - ServiceCommunication__ServiceCommunicationType=Rest
      - ServiceCommunication__ConnectionString=http://worker:8080
      - PortNumber=8080
    volumes:
      - pdftools-data:/var/lib/pdftools
      - pdftools-db:/usr/share/Pdftools
      - pdftools-logs:/var/log/pdftools

  worker:
    image: pdftoolsag/ocr-service-worker:TAG
    shm_size: "2gb"
    ports:
      - "7998:8080"
    environment:
      - Licensing__LicenseKey=PDFTOOLS_LICENSE_KEY
      - PortNumber=8080
    volumes:
      - pdftools-data:/var/lib/pdftools
      - pdftools-logs:/var/log/pdftools

volumes:
  pdftools-data:
  pdftools-db:
  pdftools-logs:

PDFTOOLS_LICENSE_KEY is your Pdftools OCR license key, required for the worker to process documents. TAG is the image tag.

⁠Environment Variables

⁠Volumes

⁠System Requirements

• Shared memory: Minimum 2 GB (shm_size: "2gb")
• CPU: The worker spawns one OCR process per available CPU core (up to 8 cores)

⁠Health Checks

⁠License

Pdftools⁠ is a world leader in PDF software, delivering reliable PDF products to international customers in all market segments.

Pdftools provides server-based software products designed specifically for developers, integrators, consultants, customizing specialists and IT departments. Thousands of companies worldwide use our products directly and hundreds of thousands of users benefit from the technology indirectly via a global network of OEM partners. Our tools can be easily embedded into application programs and are available for a multitude of operating system platforms.

OCR Service is copyrighted by PDF Tools AG⁠.