RockyCMy new favorite container manager is Dockhand! Took me all of five minutes to get it running, has all the features of Dockge and more, and is very easy to use.
saxeee@RockyC What led you to choose Dockhand over Dockge?
I'm still trying to figure out if I need a #containermanager 🤔, I tried Portaniner, but it was definitely too much for my needs.
@saxeee I love the ability to just drop in a Docker Compose file into Dockge, which is why I used it for so long. What I missed, however, was the ability to easily view log files (Dockge puts them in a little window), status of my server, and more controls.
Dockhand gives me ALL of those features. I get nice graphs, a nice layout, and easy container & volume management.
What it doesn’t seem to let me do, though, is modify the original Compose file after the container starts.
@saxeee Well, after adding my Dockge stacks folder to the Dockhand bind mounts and updating to the latest Dockhand, I can now ADOPT my existing Dockge stacks, and I can now directly edit the Docker Compose file!
@RockyC 👍
In order to keep things tidy and make backups and maintenance easier, I usually collect all the contents (data, docker-compose) of my containers in a single folder.
Something like:
* /dockerRoot/nextcloud/[volumes for nextcloud, docker-compose, etc.]
* /dockerRoot/homeAssistant/[volumes for HASS, docker-compose, etc.]
* /dockerRoot/octoprint/[volumes for octoprint, docker-compose, etc.]
* ...
Do you think I can continue to use this approach with Dockhand?