Which tools simplify administration tasks with Docker containers?

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Context: My task is to administer a virtual machine with about 5 web services for a small workgroup. I plan to run all services in Docker containers. An additional nginx Docker container should redirect requests to the different services.

Problem: I do not have much experience with DevOps and plan to use basic bash scripts and Docker Compose to administer the setup.

Question: Which tools simplify this administration task (updating, backup, exchanging containers, changing port directives)?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 21 '19 at 18:47

A single virtual machine with 6 Docker containers does not require any tool. Adding tooling to the mix really just increase the complexity level of your installation and turns a simple thing into a monster.

A few Shell scripts is all you need at that size.

score 2 · Answer 2 · edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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While what ETL says in his answer is more or less true, I still think there some value in some tooling to ale life raider.

What I’ve found is Portainer, which would let you do most of what you want with a nice web interface.

edited Jun 11 '20 at 10:02

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answered Feb 22 '19 at 03:19

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