Portainer Usage Tips and Tricks
Portainer is my favorite docker management tool, actually only one I used. If you have better one, please let me know. This post is to summarize some usage during playing with application.
- Install Docker and Portainer
- Update Portainer
- Check Containers
- Log into Container
- Install Network Utilities in Container
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or in CentOS:
[root@centos-nextcloud-aria2 ~]# find / -type d -name "portainer_data"
/var/lib/docker/volumes/portainer_data
You can try out the public demo instance: http://demo.portainer.io/ (login with the username admin and the password tryportainer).
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- Portainer Usage Introduction
Install Docker and Portainer
By default, Portainer store its data inside the container in theÂ
You’ll need to persist Portainer data to keep your changes after restart/upgrade of the Portainer container. Docker Deploy document: https://portainer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deployment.html . You can use a bind mount on Linux to persist the data on the Docker host folder:
/data
 folder on Linux (C:\\data
 on Windows).You’ll need to persist Portainer data to keep your changes after restart/upgrade of the Portainer container. Docker Deploy document: https://portainer.readthedocs.io/en/latest/deployment.html . You can use a bind mount on Linux to persist the data on the Docker host folder:
#For Ubuntu 20.04 version
#Ubuntu 20.04
sudo apt install docker.io
sudo apt install docker-compose
Or Other Linux Versions:
#CentOS 7, Debian, Ubuntu 18.04/16.04
curl -sSL https://get.docker.com/ | sh
systemctl start docker
systemctl enable docker
For Docker Compose installation:
note: Check the latest version of docker-compose from https://docs.docker.com/compose/release-notes/
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.6/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
Or
curl -L "https://get.daocloud.io/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.6/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
Check version:
[root@localhost ~]# docker version Client: Docker Engine - Community Version: 20.10.5 API version: 1.41 Go version: go1.13.15 Git commit: 55c4c88 Built: Tue Mar 2 20:33:55 2021 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Context: default Experimental: true Server: Docker Engine - Community Engine: Version: 20.10.5 API version: 1.41 (minimum version 1.12) Go version: go1.13.15 Git commit: 363e9a8 Built: Tue Mar 2 20:32:17 2021 OS/Arch: linux/amd64 Experimental: false containerd: Version: 1.4.4 GitCommit: 05f951a3781f4f2c1911b05e61c160e9c30eaa8e runc: Version: 1.0.0-rc93 GitCommit: 12644e614e25b05da6fd08a38ffa0cfe1903fdec docker-init: Version: 0.19.0 GitCommit: de40ad0 [root@localhost ~]# curl -L "https://get.daocloud.io/docker/compose/releases/download/1.28.6/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose % Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed 100 379 100 379 0 0 140 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 140 100 633 100 633 0 0 217 0 0:00:02 0:00:02 --:--:-- 7112 100 11.6M 100 11.6M 0 0 3178k 0 0:00:03 0:00:03 --:--:-- 3178k [root@localhost ~]# chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose [root@localhost ~]# docker-compose version docker-compose version 1.28.6, build 5db8d86f docker-py version: 4.4.4 CPython version: 3.7.10 OpenSSL version: OpenSSL 1.1.0l 10 Sep 2019
2  Install Portainer
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker volume create portainer_data
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker run -d -p 9000:9000 --name portainer --restart always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:latest
root@Ubuntu18:/# which docker
root@Ubuntu18:/# find . -type d -name "portainer_data"
./var/lib/docker/volumes/portainer_data
or in CentOS:
[root@centos-nextcloud-aria2 ~]# find / -type d -name "portainer_data"
/var/lib/docker/volumes/portainer_data
You can try out the public demo instance: http://demo.portainer.io/ (login with the username admin and the password tryportainer).
Update Portainer
1. Update imageOld portainer/portainer repository is the home of v1.24.x, which has been deprecated. All new releases for Portainer 2.0 will be published in portainer/portainer-ce.Â
If you only do start portainer, it won't use the latest image to start. You will have to remove old version container, then create a new portainer with downloaded new image.
some os, you might need to use command "docker pull docker.io/portainer/portainer-ce"
If you could not find image, just use command "docker search portainer-ce"
Or:
3. Delete old image
Docker image ls
docker image rm <Repository name>
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CONTAINER IDÂ Â Â Â IMAGEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â COMMANDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CREATEDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â STATUSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â PORTSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NAMES
26a4cc3a312a    nginx:latest     "nginx -g 'daemon of…"  24 hours ago    Up 16 minutes    0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp    portainer-nginx1
d5c3f33bd8ee    portainer/portainer  "/portainer"       25 hours ago    Up 25 hours     0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp  portainer
[root@centos1docker ~]#
[root@centos1docker ~]# docker exec -it portainer-nginx1 /bin/bash
root@26a4cc3a312a:/#
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
Note: net-tools will include ifconfig / netstat commands
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker stop portainer
portainer
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker rm portainer
If you only do start portainer, it won't use the latest image to start. You will have to remove old version container, then create a new portainer with downloaded new image.
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker start portainer
portainer
some os, you might need to use command "docker pull docker.io/portainer/portainer-ce"
If you could not find image, just use command "docker search portainer-ce"
[root@centos7-docker-portainer ~]# docker search portainer-ce
NAME DESCRIPTION STARS OFFICIAL AUTOMATED
portainer/portainer This Repo is now deprecated, use portainer/p… 2033
portainer/portainer-ce Portainer CE - Making Docker and Kubernetes … 398
thibaudlabat/portainer_32 Portainer built for 32bit Linux [ OUTDATED ]… 1
thibaudlabat/portainer-ce-32 32-bit / x86 portainer-ce 0
terryromeu3sr/portainer-ce 0
luomoxu/portainer-ce-cn 0
nativeit/portainer-ce 0
6053537/portainer-ce 0
hanlahanla/portainer-ce 0
docker service update --image portainer/portainer-ce:latest portainer2. Start Container with new image
[root@centos7-docker-portainer ~]# docker run -d -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce
Unable to find image 'portainer/portainer-ce:latest' locally
latest: Pulling from portainer/portainer-ce
94cfa856b2b1: Pull complete
49d59ee0881a: Pull complete
527b866940d5: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:5064d8414091c175c55ef6f8744da1210819388c2136273b4607a629b7d93358
Status: Downloaded newer image for portainer/portainer-ce:latest
90212707d5a674ef3ba23588f25b014cea60b25e0f1826ed06e09ec568930b0a
3. Delete old image
Docker image ls
docker image rm <Repository name>
root@opc-ubuntu-docker:~# docker image ls
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
portainer/portainer-ce latest 96a1c6cc3d15 4 weeks ago 209MB
portainer/portainer latest 62771b0b9b09 7 months ago 79.1MB
nginx latest e791337790a6 10 months ago 127MB
root@opc-ubuntu-docker:~# docker image rm portainer/portainer
Untagged: portainer/portainer:latest
Untagged: portainer/portainer@sha256:f8c2b0a9ca640edf508a8a0830cf1963a1e0d2fd9936a64104b3f658e120b868
Deleted: sha256:62771b0b9b0973a3e8e95595534a1240d8cfd968d30ec82dc0393ce0a256c5f3
Deleted: sha256:c291f08e07bbfde10ee7ae7a9c618ebedc5e5c4b3ab494b0636fb260e2a20717
Deleted: sha256:dd4969f97241b9aefe2a70f560ce399ee9fa0354301c9aef841082ad52161ec5
root@opc-ubuntu-docker:~# docker image ls
REPOSITORY TAG IMAGE ID CREATED SIZE
portainer/portainer-ce latest 96a1c6cc3d15 4 weeks ago 209MB
nginx latest e791337790a6 10 months ago 127MB
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A useful command to get rid of the stopped containers:
docker rm `docker ps -a -q`
docker rm `docker ps -a -q`
Check Containers
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker container ls -a CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES a9ea9891aa03 nginx:latest "nginx -g 'daemon of…" 4 weeks ago Up 4 weeks 0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp nginx1 4cf95554b471 4cda95efb0e4 "/portainer" 4 weeks ago Up 11 minutes 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp portainer
root@Ubuntu18:/# docker stats CONTAINER ID NAME CPU % MEM USAGE / LIMIT MEM % NET I/O BLOCK I/O PIDS a9ea9891aa03 nginx1 0.00% 3.172MiB / 982.2MiB 0.32% 64.1MB / 132MB 14.6MB / 0B 3 4cf95554b471 portainer 0.01% 11.3MiB / 982.2MiB 1.15% 4.55MB / 50.2MB 90.7MB / 238MB 10
Log into Container
[root@centos1docker ~]# docker psCONTAINER IDÂ Â Â Â IMAGEÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â COMMANDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â CREATEDÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â STATUSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â PORTSÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â NAMES
26a4cc3a312a    nginx:latest     "nginx -g 'daemon of…"  24 hours ago    Up 16 minutes    0.0.0.0:80->80/tcp    portainer-nginx1
d5c3f33bd8ee    portainer/portainer  "/portainer"       25 hours ago    Up 25 hours     0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp  portainer
[root@centos1docker ~]#
[root@centos1docker ~]# docker exec -it portainer-nginx1 /bin/bash
root@26a4cc3a312a:/#
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# cat /etc/os-release
PRETTY_NAME="Debian GNU/Linux 10 (buster)"
NAME="Debian GNU/Linux"
VERSION_ID="10"
VERSION="10 (buster)"
VERSION_CODENAME=buster
ID=debian
HOME_URL="https://www.debian.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://www.debian.org/support"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugs.debian.org/"
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# uname -a
Linux 26a4cc3a312a 3.10.0-1062.9.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Fri Dec 6 15:49:49 UTC 2019 x86_64 GNU/Linux
Install Network Utilities in Container
Most of times, the docker image is not including following network utilities which can help you troubleshooting your network connectivity, such as ping, ifconfig, tracert, telnet etc. You might want to install them for yourself.
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get update
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get install iputils-ping
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get install telnet
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get install traceroute
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get install traceroute
root@26a4cc3a312a:/# apt-get install net-tools
Note: net-tools will include ifconfig / netstat commands
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