+++ date = '2024-12-04' draft = true title = "How to Host Docker Containers Easily in The Cloud" tags = ["howto", "tutorial", "web"] categories = ["technical"] +++ In this post, we will be going over how to set up a [portainer]() managed docker environment, and how to use it. This is ideal if you want to host a personal website, a [blog](/posts/how-to-blog), a personal [github](git.gtz.dk) or whatever your development heart desire. If you choose to follow along, by the end of it, you will have an environment where you can just add or remove docker based services. It's even quite secure! ## Portainer ## Traefik ## Keycloak ## Automatic backups ## TODOs - [ ] 2FA the control dashboards through keycloak - [ ] geoblocking the control dashboards - [ ] start the article with a demo of what we'll be making - MAYBE: - [ ] portainer introduction (maybe) - [ ] traefik introduction (maybe) - [ ] add a "skip if you already know portainer and traefik" ```yaml services: postgresql: image: postgres:16 environment: - POSTGRES_USER=keycloak _ POSTGRES_DB=keycloak - POSTGRES_PASSWORD=secret volumes: - postgres-data:/var/lib/postgresql/data networks: - keycloak keycloak: image: quay.io/keycloa/keycloa:22 restart: always command: start depends_on: - postgresql environment: # traefik handles ssl - KC_PROXY_ADDRESS_FORWARDING=true - KC_HOSTNAME_STRUCT=false - KC_HOSTNAME=keycloak.gtz.dk - KC_PROXY=edge - KC_HTTP_ENABLED=true # connect to the postgres thing - DB=keycloak - DB_URL='jdbc:postgresql://postgres:5432/postgresql?ssl=allow' - DB_USERNAME=keycloak - DB_PASSWORD=secret - KEYCLOAK_ADMIN=admin - KEYCLOAK_ADMIN_PASSWORD=admin networks: - proxy - keycloa labels: - "traefik.enable=true" - port=8080 networks: proxy: external: true keycloak: ```