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Portainer

A control platform for managing Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes, and ACI environments.

Access Portainer

  1. Access Portainer in your web browser: https://<SERVER-IP>:9443
  2. Accept SSL warning (self-signed certificate).
  3. Immediately create the initial administrator user.

Ports Used

  1. Portainer HTTPS Dashboard: 9443
  2. Edge Agent Edge Compute: 8000

Important Paths

  • Install directory: /root/portainer
  • Docker Compose file: /root/portainr/docker-compose.yml
  • Docker socket mount: /var/run/docker.sock
  • Data volume: /var/lib/docker/volumes/portainer_data

Managing the Service

cd /root/portainer
docker compose ps          # Check running containers
docker compose logs -f     # Follow logs
docker compose restart     # Restart

Application Details