Install Portainer

In order to install portainer first install docker.

Note: If you want to install portainer agents refer to the docker swarm install.

Then create a docker-compose.yml with the following content:

version: "3.7"
services:
  portainer:
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    container_name: portainer
    command: -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
      - "portainer_data:/data"
    restart: always

volumes:
  portainer_data:

For ease of use copy paste this command:

tee docker-compose.yml << END
version: "3.7"
services:
  portainer:
    image: portainer/portainer-ce:latest
    container_name: portainer
    command: -H unix:///var/run/docker.sock
    ports:
      - "9000:9000"
    volumes:
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
      - "portainer_data:/data"
    restart: always

volumes:
  portainer_data:
END

Then run following command:

docker compose up -d

This will run the docker-compose.yml.

In order update the containers to new images you can run following command:

docker compose pull && docker compose up -d

Now you should be able to connect to the portainer with the specified port http://<ip_of_you_server>:9000.

NOTE: When first logging onto the page you have to set the admin password.

To make it more easy for just run this command:

wget:

wget -q -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gaesteklo/gaesteklo.github.io/main/scripts/portainer-install.sh | bash

curl:

bash <(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/gaesteklo/gaesteklo.github.io/main/scripts/portainer-install.sh)

This command will install docker and portainer all in one command.

ATTENTION: Make sure what you are executing by looking at this file first. Don't just execute untrusted code!