Portainer

Portainer is a lightweight management UI which allows you to easily manage your Docker host or Swarm cluster.

It is an alternative to the Docker CLI and provides a web-based interface to manage containers, images, networks, and volumes.

Installation

First lets make a directory for our Portainer data and then create a docker-compose file.

mkdir -p ~/local-cloud/portainer

touch ~/local-cloud/portainer/docker-compose.yml

Add the following to the docker-compose.yml file:

volumes:
  portainer_d:

networks:
  proxy:
    external: true

services:
  portainer:
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    container_name: portainer
    hostname: portainer 
    restart: always
    ports:
      - 9443:9443 
    networks:
      - proxy
    volumes:
      - "//var/run/docker.sock://var/run/docker.sock"
      - portainer_d:/data
    labels:
      - "traefik.enable=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.entrypoints=web,websecure"
      - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.rule=Host(`portainer.localhost`) || Host(`portainer.dev.localhost`)"
      - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.tls=true"
      - "traefik.http.routers.portainer.service=portainer@docker"
      - "traefik.http.services.portainer.loadbalancer.server.port=9443"
      - "traefik.http.services.portainer.loadbalancer.server.scheme=https"

Now lets start the Portainer service.

cd ~/local-cloud/portainer
docker compose up -d

You should now be able to access Portainer at https://portainer.localhost or https://portainer.dev.localhost if you have the DNS setup.

It will have you create a username and password. If you dont do it right away you will have to restart the container.

Usage

Once you have logged in you will see the Portainer dashboard.

From here you can manage your Docker host or Swarm cluster.