Set up Portainer

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Installing

Create the volume that Portainer Server will use to store its database:

docker volume create portainer_data

Download and install the Portainer Server container:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce:lts

!!! Note

By default, Portainer generates and uses a self-signed SSL certificate to secure port 9443. Alternatively you can provide your own SSL certificate during installation or via the Portainer UI after installation is complete.

Portainer Server has now been installed. You can check to see whether the Portainer Server container has started by running docker ps.

Log in with at https://hostname:9443.