Portainer Community Edition on docker
Quick and easy management of local docker deployments that runs as a docker container.
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I'm a huge command line fanboy and I tend to always go for the CLi solution to everything but sometimes managing local instances of services needs a bit of a helping hand in order to get a full picture of the state of your server. Usually that means GUI management.
Managing docker through the command line is a fairly simple task but it is also a bit of a hassle once orphan volumes start to build up on your home server and you need to clean things up a bit.
Portainer CE is one of the most lightweight and tested solutions that can give that needed helping hand for your local docker deployments.
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You can easily spot and clean up unused volumes, forgotten images or networks. Spinning up new docker apps is as easy as pasting your docker-compose file in the stacks page and hitting deploy stack. After that you'll get total control of your newly deployed stack from the portainer gui.