Installing Portainer on Elementary OS Latest

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install Portainer on Elementary OS Latest. Portainer is a lightweight management UI that allows users to easily manage Docker environments.

Prerequisites

Before installing Portainer, ensure that you have Docker installed on your system. You can do this by running the following command:

$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install docker.io

Installing Portainer

Follow the below steps to install Portainer on Elementary OS.

  1. Open the terminal application by pressing Ctrl + Alt + T.

  2. Update your system by running the following command:

    $ sudo apt-get update

  3. Next, install Portainer using the following command:

    $ sudo docker run -d -p 9000:9000 --name portainer --restart always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock portainer/portainer-ce

  4. Once the installation is complete, you can access Portainer by opening up your web browser and navigating to http://localhost:9000.

    portainer login

  5. Portainer will prompt you for a username and password. Create a user account by providing the necessary details.

    portainer create user

  6. After creating your account, you will be directed to the Portainer dashboard.

    portainer dashboard

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Portainer on Elementary OS. You can now manage your Docker containers through the Portainer UI.