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Notes
Installation
Update current list of packages:
sudo apt-get update
Install utilities (if needed):
sudo apt-get install -y ca-certificates curl gnupg
Create directory for repository keys:
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
Download Docker's GPG key:
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
Update permissions of the keys:
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
Define the Docker repository for our system:
echo \
"deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME") stable" | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
Update list of packages again:
sudo apt-get update
Install the following Docker components:
sudo apt-get install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
Components:
docker-ce: Docker Community Edition aka the Docker Engine (dockerd).docker-ce-cli: The CLI for Docker CE.containerd.io: The low-level container runtime.docker-buildx-plugin: Modern image builder tool.docker-compose-plugin: To read docker-compose.yml and run multi-container apps.
Setup
Storage
All container data will be stored in /opt/appdata on the root drive (NVMe SSD) for speed.
This might change later for more static content such as videos and images.
Networks
Container Management
CLI
While using the CLI through SSH is technically the lightest & simplest option for managing containers/compose files. It is certainly not the most intuitive and can feel clunky when managing containers.
Portainer / Arcane
On the complete opposite side of the spectrum, there's applications like Portainer or Arcane that include a whole host of features such as logs and metrics for containers to manage. The reason I don't like them however is that they abstract away the compose files by using internal databases and have slightly higher resource usage. While they can be an option later down the line and, while those logging & metrics features are nice, they can be replaced by other containers such as Dozzle for logs and Glances/Netdata for metrics or even Prometheus and Grafana.
Dockge
This brings us to Dockge which seems to be the good compromise with a clean GUI without abstracting anything away. Dockge still lets us edit compose files directly and have those changes directly reflected in the GUI and vice-versa. This 1:1 mirror allows us to easily ditch Dockge for something else if the need for it arises. Considering I'm still a beginner I think this transparency with compose files is ideal to learn how to configure them with the added bonus of a GUI and more enjoyable experience.