Portainer

Table of Contents

1. Intro
2. Setting Up Portainer
3. Locked out of Portainer?
4. Application Access
5. Summary

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. Intro

Portainer is a program that helps you manage your docker containers. If you want to delete , stop, or restart a docker container; you can easily do so with the portainer user interface (rather than going SSH and typing all kinds of commands). You can adjust containers settings, manage resource, and manage from within inside the container to gain perspective.

Just think of Portainer as the GUI version to manage your containers compared to using CMD Line; while having powerful functions such as replication or amending containers on the go!

2. Setting Up Portainer

• Visit http://ipv4:9000
• Select [Local]
• That's It!

3. Locked Out Portainer?

It's not the end of the world. To resolve the problem, use PTS Box's uninstaller to remove the program and then reinstall.

4. Application Access

Protocol	Address	Notes
traefik**	portainer:9000	Only for Internal App-to-App Communication
https	portainer.domain.com	Traefik must be Deployed; Remote Servers
http	domain.com:9000	Poor Security Practice - Stop with PTS Port Guard
http	ipv4:9000	Ideal Only for Local Servers

** Ideal for Apps to communicate between with one another. Click Here for more info!

5. Summary

Portainer is one of the most heavily used docker applications that you will utilize overtime. It's great for management, troubleshooting, and also has the ability to provide a perspective on how your docker container is able to see the server!