Setup Portainer

# Portainer.md

Portainer

Portainer is a lightweight management UI for Docker, Kubernetes, and other container environments, simplifying deployment and management.

https://www.portainer.io/

For resetting admin password, see reset-portainer-password.ps1
This will show the admin username and create a temporary password for login. Use it for login and then reset the password https://localhost:9443/#!/account

portainer.cmd

mklink "%USERPROFILE%\certs\portainer\rootCA.pem" "%LOCALAPPDATA%\mkcert\rootCA.pem"

portainer.ps1

# 1. Install mkcert
choco install mkcert

# 2. Create root CA
mkcert -install

# 3. Create portainer certs
mkdir "$HOME\certs\portainer"
cd "$HOME\certs\portainer"
mkcert -cert-file portainer_local-cert.pem  -key-file portainer_local-key.pem localhost 127.0.0.1 ::1 

# Create a soft link for root CA in ADMIN cmd prompt
# Use "portainer.cmd" file

# 5. Setup env vars for docker
$certsPath = "$HOME\certs\portainer"
$dockerCertsPath = $certsPath -replace '\\', '/' -replace '^([A-Za-z]):', '/$1'

# 6. Run docker in daemon mode
docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9443:9443 --name portainer --restart=always `
-v "${dockerCertsPath}:/certs" `
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock `
-v portainer_data:/data `
portainer/portainer-ce:lts --tlsverify `
--tlscacert /certs/rootCA.pem `
--tlscert /certs/portainer_local-cert.pem `
--tlskey /certs/portainer_local-key.pem `
--http-disabled `
--logo "https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1029200?v=4"

reset-portainer-password.ps1

docker stop portainer
    
docker run --rm -v portainer_data:/data portainer/helper-reset-password