I often see people mention the Portainer project and how it’s useful, but I never hear any reason to use it other than as a more user friendly front end to service management.

So is there any particular feature or reason to use portainer over docker’s CLI? Or is it simply a method of convenience?

This isn’t only strictly for self hosting, but I figure people here would know better.

  • 𝓢𝓮𝓮𝓙𝓪𝔂𝓔𝓶𝓶English
    2•2 months ago

    Personal preference? I prefer the Portainer’s presentation over the CLI. I especially find it easier to manage networks and volumes.

    But my main reason is I have multiple docker hosts and it gives me a “single pane on glass” to manage everything from.