Requirements

You need a Linux Server / Computer with Docker installed.

Installation of Portainer on Ubuntu using Docker

Creating a volume

sudo docker volume create portainer_data

This is where Portainer will store the data.

Creating the Container

sudo 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:latest

This created a instance of Portainer CE as a Docker Container.

Setting Portainer up

First you got to

<your server ip>:9443

It should look like this:

setup screen of Portainer

Here you can create the your user account for Portainer.

Now it should look like this

connect screen in Portainer

Here you can choose “Get Started”.

final

Now now have Portainer CE set up.

More Info

If you want to know more you can check out the Portainer Dokumentation under docs.portainer.io.