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Portainer is a full-featured Docker management UI for inspecting and managing containers, images, volumes, and networks. The resolver enables it on the high compute tier; on smaller setups Dockge is the lighter Compose-focused alternative. Portainer is served at portainer.<domain>.

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Enable Portainer

stack-spec.yaml
stackkit: base-kit

services:
  portainer:
    enabled: true
Portainer (full management) and Dockge (Compose-focused) overlap — pick the one that fits. See tool alternatives.

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Steps

1

Open Portainer

Open https://portainer.<domain> and create the admin account on first launch.
2

Connect the local environment

Select the local Docker environment to manage the host’s containers.
3

Manage workloads

Inspect containers, view logs, manage volumes, and redeploy stacks.

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Verify

  • portainer.<domain> loads and lists the local environment.
  • Containers, images, and volumes are visible.

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Next steps

Dockge

The lighter Compose-stack manager.

Tool alternatives

Compare the container-management options.

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Troubleshooting

Portainer locks new-admin creation a few minutes after start. Restart the container (docker restart portainer) and complete setup promptly.