At this point, I’ve got a lot of containers already running on my system, all in separate directories in my home directory. They’re each set up with a docker-compose file, and all of the volumes are just directories within those directories.
I don’t really want to change this setup, because it allows me to easily rip it all out and transplant it to a new system.
What I’d like is a web UI to see all of these containers, view their status, and potentially reboot them. It would also be great to be able to spin up VMs (not containers, but actual VMs) with it.
I’ve heard of Portainer, but haven’t had any experience with it.
What are your suggestions, and why do you recommend them?
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If you’re running a compatible OS (Debian will work), cockpit for VMs and whatever you like for containers.
Or just do everything on the command line like us crusty system admins
With docker containers I’ve moved from portainer to dockge. It lets you see the birds eye view, but also lets you directly edit the compose file from the UI. I haven’t been using it very long, but so far I like it.
You will need to find something else for vms though. I use proxmox.
Looks interesting. How does it compare to portainer stacks?
It’s a bit simpler than portainer, but I appreciate being able to edit the docker compose file directly rather than trying to find all the right buttons in portainer.
Might give it a look, the UI for portainer is frustrating but I mostly use the stacks.
Dockge or Portainer are both good options.
For VMs you’ll need to find something else, you could use Cockpit for that.
Do they work with podman? Or anything for podman?
Thanks for mentioning Dockge, hadn’t heard of it yet. Already use portainer but it seems a bit overkill for me and my few containers. Will try Dockge.
I don’t think it can natively do VMs but I’m using CapRover to deploy Docker images on my server
Portainer and Cockpit if you want to run VM (it also manage container but only with podman)
Cockpit looks interesting. It’s got a lot of features I normally do with terminal commands, but the VM manager stuff looks like what I’m looking for.
Acronyms, initialisms, abbreviations, contractions, and other phrases which expand to something larger, that I’ve seen in this thread:
Fewer Letters More Letters LXC Linux Containers SSH Secure Shell for remote terminal access ZFS Solaris/Linux filesystem focusing on data integrity k8s Kubernetes container management package
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The answer is proxmox, not portainer
So first, I’m not really looking to change operating systems. I’ve got my system set up the way I like it, where it closely matches the production systems I run for my company.
Second, why do you say the answer is Proxmox? What benefit does that have over other solutions that can be more easily integrated into my existing operating system?
Not many UIs can do containers and VMs
[Sorry for my not really well written reply, you really need to try different options, and in my opinion proxmox is like the only choice because of how many cool things you can do there]
Proxmox I just really good, and if you want to spin up VMs easily you will need to reshape your setup anyway
With proxmox you can do like everything with VMs, containers, etc. Not just managing only containers, or just showing status of the VMs
Also, proxmox is not really an operating system, it’s a service on top of Debian (in many cases you start installing proxmox by installing Debian)
Can proxmox do docker containers? Last I checked it could only do LXC
I use Docker LXCs. Really just a Debian LXC with Docker and then Portainer as a UI. I have separate LXCs for common services. Arrs on one LXC, Nextcloud, Immich and SearXNG on another, Invidious on a third. I just separate them so I don’t need to kill all services if I need to restart or take down the LXC for whatever reason.
Proxmox doesn’t manage docker, it wouldn’t do anything for OP.
Proxmox does VMs and containers (LXC). You can run any docker / podman manager you want in a container.
Benefits of having Proxmox as the base is ZFS / snapshoting and easy setup of multiple boot drives, which is really nice when one drive inevitably fails 😏
Yes but Proxmox doesn’t manage docker, OP wants a webUI to see all their docker containers.
I agree running Proxmox as a base OS is the way to go, but you’ll still need Dockge, Portainer, etc to have a webUI for docker stuff.
Portainer doesn’t manage VMs either
But at least you can do docker inside proxmox, and kinda manage it, or put something else on top of it
What’s wrong with ssh?
Nothing. I’ve been using SSH. I’d like to have both options, SSH and a web UI.
