

PrerequisitesĪlthough in theory the following installation of Docker and Portainer can be done on any operating system based on Linux, we all know that depending on the distribution and version there are small differences. It even comes with templates with applications already prepared in containers to make its configuration even easier. On the other hand Portainer “installed” as a container, gives us the power to mount containers on Docker and configure everything in a visual way. Given the flexibility with which different applications can be deployed on the same server and their independence from resources, and yet being able to communicate with each other, it becomes my preferred option to build piece by piece the whole ecosystem of my home server. These containers are a virtualization method that includes everything imaginable to easily package an entire environment. Bonus 2: Keep your containers up to dateĪs our colleague Joaquín García explained in an extensive article in No Country for Geeks, Docker is a platform for running applications in containers.Installing packages and configuring the repository.
