Portainer

Portainer is a container application delivery management platform that can be used to manage Docker, Docker Swarm, Kubernetes, and ACI environments. Container management platform is easy to use. This Docker management tool allows you to manage all orchestrator resources (containers, images, volumes, networks, and more) with a user-friendly graphical interface and/or an extensive API.

With Portainer open-source software, you can easily manage a single virtual machine and applications in Docker as well as an entire Kubernetes cluster without scaling limitations.

Beget VPS with pre-installed Portainer is a ready-to-use build installed as a Docker container on your server.

Installation package information

• Ubuntu 22.04
• Docker CE
• Portainer 2.27.1

Portainer installation

When installing a server, you do not need to specify any additional parameters. After creating a virtual server, it takes 3–5 minutes to automatically install the latest version of Portainer on it. The installation status will be displayed in the control panel. After the installation is complete, you will receive a notification.

Instruction for the first setup of Portainer

Right after the installation, follow the link located in the window with information about the installed software, or open the URL in your browser: https://server-ip:9090 (server-ip is the IP address of your virtual server).

After going to Portainer, you will be prompted to set a username and password for the administrator:

Next, during your first login, you will be prompted to select the environment that Portainer will manage.

As a first option, Portainer will prompt you to choose local Docker. Alternatively, you can choose Kubernetes, remote Docker, and other supported container orchestration systems.

The Portainer container platform configuration is now complete. We wish you good luck with Portainer container management!

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