I just start using my homelab to host some new good services, and I want to know what is the approach of a docker setup, what is the best distro for? How to deploy them correctly? Basically I’m a real noob in this subject. Thank you

  • @Dust0741
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    46 hours ago

    Anything.

    Personally I use Debian. But Docker doesn’t care. I chose Debian because it is very stable and simple

    • funkajunk
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      16 hours ago

      Yep, Debian and then add Portainer - for me this is the easiest setup to manage.

        • funkajunk
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          35 hours ago

          I just said what works best for me. Use the command line and compose files if you want.

    • foremanguyOP
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      06 hours ago

      And what is the good way of deploying it? After pulling the image, how do we autostart it etc…

      • @[email protected]
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        56 hours ago

        The Docker documentation is pretty terrible, but it’s a decent start. Start by looking at docker-compose.yml files for the services you want to run and the write-ups for those.

        Something nobody ever told me, that I had to figure out myself, is that docker-compose.yml files can be placed anywhere you want.

      • @[email protected]
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        36 hours ago

        At its simplest:

        docker run -d --name servicename --restart unless-stopped container

        That’ll get you going. Youi’ll have containers running, they restart, etc. There are more sophisticated ways of doing things (create a systemd file that starts/stops the container, use kubernetes, etc.) but if you’re just starting this will likely work fine.

        • foremanguyOP
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          5 hours ago

          Are they starting automatically at boot?

          EDIT : how do you run a container with a simple name instead of using his id?

          • @[email protected]
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            5 hours ago

            Yes - they’ll start automatically. There are other options for “restart” that define the behavior.

            You can give whatever you like to “servicename” and use that rather than the ID.

            For example:

            docker run -d --name mysite --restart unless-stopped nginx
            
            docker stop mysite
            
            docker start mysite
            
      • @Itwasthegoat
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        16 hours ago

        Create a systemctl service for it, create a cron, or of there is a lot of interconnectivity between your containers look at something like K3S.