Oliver 

Wow, just stumbled upon #Dockhand (https://dockhand.pro) which instantly drove me away from using #Portainer and #Watchtower in my #Homelab-environment as it simply combines everything I needed in single tools before... 😳 #selfhosted #selfhost #selfhostedcommunity

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Dockhand - Modern Docker Management

A powerful, intuitive Docker platform for everyone. Real-time container management, Compose stacks, Git deployments, and SSO - all free.

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Show threadBennyMar 7
@oliver @homelab @homelab_de I have installed it 1-2 months ago too. I like it too ☺️
Show threadRutrapio 📷Mar 7

@benny @oliver @homelab @homelab_de I'm still in the middle, as I have my habits to deploy with Portainer.
You know, muscles memory etc...

But I uninstalled WUD (what'up docker) and watchtower, and now I follow much more closely updates :)

Show threadMartinMar 7
@oliver @homelab @homelab_de I am also very interested. But how to move from Portainer to Dockhand? Is there a migration tool or something?
Show threadOliver Mar 7
@MartinH In my case, I have just reconnected the certain Docker-hosts and "imported" them to Dockhand. The stacks are, of course, unknown to the latter so I'd recommend running both tools parallel from each other to see what you need to take care of.
Show threadMartinMar 7
@oliver Okay, in my portainer dashboard there are stacks, containers and images - which is understandable for me but there are also two volumes and 15 networks. That's the point where I don't know how to handle this.
Show threadOliver Mar 7
@MartinH You will see them, too.
Show threadMartinMar 8
@oliver It was a lot of hard work and I had to ask #Mistral a lot of questions - but I did it and it works now.
#Dockhand is really awesome and extremely fast. This was definitely the right decision. Goodbye #Portainer .
Show threadOliver Mar 8
@MartinH Glad to see it worked for you, I have ported my stacks in the meantime too and will stay with #Dockhand for now! 😉
Show threadNik | Klampfradler 🎸🚲Mar 7
@oliver @homelab @homelab_de It's not free software, so it won't get anywhere near my homelab.
Show threadOliver Mar 7
@nik It doesn't need to - I just shared my brief experience on this even if it's distributed under the BSL and offers a free "buy-me-a-coffee"-tier but also Pro plans. Just one among many other options. 😌
Show threadFink Mar 7

@nik do you have something that does the same thing but with a different license? /srs

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Show threadUsually* HarmlessMar 8

@fink Arcane is fairly close - I've been using it for a while now: https://github.com/getarcaneapp/arcane

(Caveats: has been a bit janky on Synology DSM 7; project accepts vibe coded contributions)

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GitHub - getarcaneapp/arcane: Modern Docker Management, Designed for Everyone

Modern Docker Management, Designed for Everyone. Contribute to getarcaneapp/arcane development by creating an account on GitHub.

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Show threadCinuxMar 7

@oliver @homelab @homelab_de

That looks exciting. Since I'm a fan of automation, I'm planning to do all of this with Ansible. But if I could just specify a Git repo (scaling isn't necessary) and it would be deployed, that would be awesome. However, I'm wondering how the secrets would then get into the .env files or how they would be handled in general. Does anyone have any experience with this?

Show threadOliver Mar 7
@Cinux You can upload your custom compose.yml- and .env-files per stack - deployed in the data-/stacks-directory of the Dockhand-container itself. Maybe this helps?
Show threadDJ MajumdarMar 8
@oliver @homelab @homelab_de Bookmarking this. Always looking for better ways to wrangle my Docker mess.
Show threadValentin B. Mar 10
@oliver Been trying it for a few days, thanks for the suggestion! It works great, I find it better to use than Portainer and has more features.
Show threadOliver Mar 10
@beeb Thanks for the feedback - glad to read that it worked for you! 👍🏻