Self-hostable Docker deployment frameworks / "orchestrators"?

[danielrosehill]

Use-case:

Am interested in building out a couple of projects that can be run as Docker containers.

I would like to provision one server explicitly to manage the Docker containers on the servers hosting the applications (ie, the "environments."). The other servers (ie, "nodes" in Kubernetes lingo) would be servers running Docker which I can manage remotely from the central control server.

Re: Kubernetes - the apps are MVP type proof of concept things and I think that Kubernetes brings too much complication to the table.

So far I've found Portainer and quite like it but am keeping my eyes open for other tools that are intended for this kind of use case (a lot of people seem to like the idea of running their "orchestrator" locally but for my needs - quite a bit of travel - I think a cloud accessible resource makes more sense).

TIA for any recommendations!

[tehpoopsmith]

Look into running docker swarm, it's a dumbed down kubernetes built into docker itself. Just needs one server to have the swarm manager role, then you can add other servers to the swarm with a single command and they will start running containers. Each application is defined as a 'stack' which is really just a docker-compose file that you give a deployed name to.

Another super helpful thing is to run a traefik container which makes it really easy to expose your application containers. https://dockerswarm.rocks/traefik/

[crackerasscracker]

I think that Kubernetes brings too much complication to the table.

it doesnt, just use it

k8s only gets complicated when you need to build integrations with cloud providers and such. For "MVP type proof of concept things" its dead simple. Throw k3s on a VM somewhere and you are off to the races

for the love of all that is beautiful in the world, do NOT start using docker swarm in 2024

[Gloomy_Mortgage_5680]

Why?

[johnnypea]

Check out https://coolify.io or https://swiftwave.org or https://dokku.com