Portainer compose setup

A simple setup to deploy Portainer with custom templates.

This setup also comes with watchtower to automatically upgrade Portainer version :)

Requirements

1. Install Docker.
2. Install Docker-compose.
3. Clone this repository

Usage

The default configuration will connect Portainer against the local Docker host, using an nginx container (port 80).

Run it:

$ docker-compose up -d

And then access Portainer by hitting http://localhost/portainer with a web browser.

Configuration

How can I specify which Docker host I want to manage?

You'll need to pass the IP/hostname of your Docker host to the portainer binary.

Update the command field of the portainer service in the docker-compose.yml file:

portainer:
  image: portainer/portainer
  container_name: "portainer-app"
  command: --templates http://templates/templates.json -d /data -H tcp://<DOCKER_HOST>:<DOCKER_PORT>
  networks:
    - local

How can I specify my own templates?

Create the file templates/templates.json and insert your template definitions in it.

For more information about the template definition format, see: https://github.com/portainer/templates

Then, bind mount the file for the templates service in the docker-compose.yml file:

templates:
  image: portainer/templates
  container_name: "portainer-templates"
  networks:
    - local
  volumes:
    - ./templates:/usr/share/nginx/html