Isolated application execution with Docker
15.2 Working with Docker via the web GUI
15.2.1
The portainer.io interface
Edge Gateway | NIOT-E-TIB100-GB-RE (Remote)
DOC170501UM04EN | Revision 4 | English | 2018-08 | Released | Public
This section describes
how to operate Docker via the portainer.io interface of the browser
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how to run additional software on the Edge Gateway with Docker (using
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the web server NGINX as an example).
Tasks of the portainer.io interface
The portainer.io interface serves:
to add new containers
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to provide functions for controlling the code execution such as Start,
Stop, Kill, Restart, Pause, Resume, and Remove
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to configure the containers.
Starting the portainer.io interface for working with the containers
To start the portainer.io interface, proceed as follows:
Ø Open the Edge Gateway Manager, if it is not already open.
For this purpose see Calling the Edge Gateway Manager [} page 24]
Ø Click the tile Docker Management in the Edge Gateway Manager..
Figure 141: Tile Docker in the Edge Gateway Manager
Ê The portainer.io login screen will be displayed. In the field Username,
admin is already entered. This is the only predefined user name.
Ø Enter the password for the user name admin. This password is set in
the user management of the Edge Gateway Manager, see User
management [} page 72].
Ê The start page "Dashboard" of the user interface portainer.io will be
displayed.
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