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title: "Portainer Stacks"
description: "Install Docker containers using docker-compose files with Portainer Stacks."
author: sthope
image: portainer-logo.png
categories: [ Ubuntu, Linux ]
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### Installling Portainer

There are a few ways of running docker containers, it should not matter which way your prefer most.
Here are some examples

via Terminal, open the terminal and enter:
```
docker volume create portainer_data; \
docker run -d \
-p 8000:8000 \
-p 9000:9000 \
--name=portainer \
--restart=always \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v portainer_data:/data \
--labels com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true \
--network_mode=bridge \
portainer/portainer-ce:latest
```
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via docker-compose.yml file
Create `docker-compose.yml` file, eg: `nano ~/docker/docker-compose.yml` and paste:

```
---
version: "3.8"
services:
  portainer:
    container_name: "portainer"
    image: "portainer/portainer-ce:latest"
    restart: "always"
    network_mode: "bridge"
    volumes:
      - "/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"
      - "portainer_data:/data"
    port:
      - "8000:8000"
      - "9000:9000"
    labels:
      - "com.centurylinklabs.watchtower.enable=true"

volumes:
    portainer_data:
        external: false
```

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### Portainer WebUI

Portainer should now be available at: http://IP:9000.<br>

1. Configure `Username` and `Password` to `Create user`.
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2. Select `Docker` and `Connect`.
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3. Click in `local` to access your instance.
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4. Navigate to `Endpoints` on the left-side menu and click on `local` to edit.
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5. In `Public IP` put the IP address of Portainer. Bonus you can name it differently if you want. After `Public IP` configured press `Update Endpoint`.
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6. Navigate to `Stacks` on the left-side menu.
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7. Here you can paste most docker-compose.yml files or create your own.
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8. For example:
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9. Here you can upload Stacks directly from Github, Gitea and many others. 
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10. Here is a example using [this personal Gitea server]({{page.stack_example}}).
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11. Stack running
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12. Inside the `Stack`
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13. Updating/Editing the `Stack` locally.
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14. Stack file can also be edited on Git and pushed again to assume the changes.
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