Portainer

Description

Portainer is an open-source management UI for Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes. Instead of driving containers, stacks, images, volumes, and networks from the CLI, teams get a single browser dashboard that works the same way across a laptop, a Swarm cluster, or a Kubernetes cluster. Portainer CE (Zlib-licensed) covers deployment, container/stack templates, log viewing, and console access into running containers, while role-based access control lets admins scope environments and namespaces to specific users or teams. A lightweight agent connects remote Docker hosts and Kubernetes clusters back to one central Portainer instance for multi-environment management.

Features

• Multi-environment: Manage Docker, Docker Swarm, and Kubernetes from one dashboard.
• App templates: One-click deploy for common stacks via Compose-based templates.
• RBAC: Role- and team-based access control scoped per environment or namespace.
• Container console & logs: Browser-based exec shell and live log streaming per container.
• Registry management: Connect private and public image registries.
• Central agent: Lightweight Portainer Agent links remote hosts/clusters to one control plane.

Technology Stack

• Go backend
• Vue.js frontend
• Docker Engine API and Kubernetes API integration
• Distributed as a single container plus an optional Agent

Requirements

• Docker Engine or a Kubernetes cluster
• ~2 GB RAM for the Portainer server container
• Browser access to the management UI