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Portainer

Portainer is a nice tool for managing Docker containers.

Portainer can be used to deploy and manage containers.

I only use Portainer for monitoring and logs.

How I Use Portainer​

I prefer to have a Portainer instance running so that I can easily view and monitor my containers. The same can be done from the command line, but I find that having the GUI is really nice.

  • Restarting containers
  • Viewing logs
  • Exec into container

What I Avoid​

I avoid using Portainer to deploy containers. I use docker-compose exclusively for deploying Docker containers.

There are several reasons for this but mostly just because docker-compose is so simple. All of the configurations in a single file so updating and managing your containers is as easy as it can be.