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HOW TO ADD PORTAINER TO DOCKER DESKTOP AND CONNECT IT TO A REMOTE ENVIRONMENT

Jack Wallen shows you how to extend the Docker Desktop feature set by adding
Portainer into the mix.

Docker Desktop is the official GUI for Docker container management. With this
cross-platform tool, you can do just about anything you need to work with your
deployments. The one caveat to Docker Desktop is that it only allows you to
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However, I have found the web-based Portainer, which can connect to a remote
environment, to be a bit more robust in features. With Portainer you can manage
literally every single aspect of containers.

When I discovered it’s possible to add Portainer to Docker Desktop, I was
thrilled. By adding Portainer to Docker Desktop, you extend the feature set to
give the application more power, control and flexibility.

For anyone serious about managing your Docker containers with a GUI, it is very
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The only thing you’ll need to make this work is a running instance of Docker
Desktop. If you don’t already have that up and running, here’s a tutorial that
will guide you through the process.

With that out of the way, let’s add Portainer.


HOW TO INSTALL PORTAINER

The developers of Docker Desktop have made this incredibly easy, thanks to a
handy Marketplace, where you can install Portainer and plenty of other
extensions such as anchor, JFrog, Lens, Meshery, OpenShift, Snyk and more.

To install Portainer, open Docker Desktop. Once the app is up and running, click
Add Extensions in the left navigation (Figure A).

Figure A

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. The Docker Desktop main window clearly shows
the Extension feature is in beta.

Click install associated with Portainer and, when prompted, type your user
password. The installation should complete fairly swiftly, and once it completes
you’ll see Portainer listed in the left sidebar (Figure B).

Figure B

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. Portainer has been successfully installed.

Click the Portainer listing and then click Get Started (Figure C).

Figure C

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. You can either use the default environment or
create your own.


HOW TO ADD A REMOTE DOCKER CONNECTION

If your Docker server is running on the same machine you installed Docker
Desktop, simply click Get Started to connect to that environment.

If, however, your Docker server is remote, click Add Environments. In the
resulting window (Figure D), click the Docker tab.

Figure D

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. Adding a remote environment to Portainer.

Let’s say you want to name your environment Docker Swarm and the controller is
at IP address 192.168.1.13. For that, you’d add Docker Swarm as the name, and
then, in the Environment URL space, type 192.168.1.13:2375.

Once you’ve done that, scroll down and click Add Environment (Figure E).

Figure E

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. The necessary information for creating your new
(remote) Docker environment for Portainer.

If you go back to the Portainer main window (Figure F), you should now see your
remote environment added with all the statistics showing.

Figure F

Image: Jack Wallen/TechRepublic. Our new environment has been successfully
added.

And that’s all there is to adding Portainer to Docker Desktop and connecting it
to a remote environment. Enjoy that newfound power and flexibility thanks to
Portainer.


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