Installing Portainer in Ubuntu Server
February 25, 2023
kapilnakhwa
Installing portainer in ubuntu server
So you got a flashy new ubuntu server. Here are the steps to install portainer on it so that we can start experimenting with other stuffs.
You would obviously need docker , Puttin in docker compose here just for future use.
sudo apt-get install docker docker-compose
Add user into the docker group.
sudo usermod -aG docker xecutioner
Create a volume, Volumes can be considered as virtual storage drives for docker.
docker volume create portainer_data
Run
docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:latest
Notice ports 8000 and 9000 , to be used for http and https respectively.
Check if portainer container is running.
Check if portainer container is running.
docker ps
Visit : https://YOUR_IP_HERE:9443
You should be greeted with a change password screen.
After you have set up your new password.
You would need to restart the container. Use this command.
After you have set up your new password.
You would need to restart the container. Use this command.
sudo docker restart portainer
That is it, I use portainer to host variety of stuffs in my homelab.