How to Install Docker and Portainer in a Promox 7 LXC Container

In this article, we will install Docker and the Portainer on an LXC container in Proxmox 7.

This is the Docker script found on the official docker installer website.

To Install Docker

First, you need to update and upgrade the container packages.

apt-get install \
    apt-transport-https \
    ca-certificates \
    curl \
    gnupg \
    lsb-release

Add Docker’s official GPG key:

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/debian/gpg | gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg

Use the following command to set up the stable repository.

echo \
  "deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/docker-archive-keyring.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/debian \
  $(lsb_release -cs) stable" | tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

Update the apt package index, and install the latest version of Docker Engine and container.

apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

Then you need to verify docker is running on the system.

systemctl status docker

If everything is done correctly, docker should be running.

To Install Portainer

docker run -d \
--name="portainer" \
--restart on-failure \
-p 9000:9000 \
-p 8000:8000 \
-v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
-v portainer_data:/data \
portainer/portainer-ce:latest

After installation, run the command below to get the Portainer IP address.

ip addr

Add Portainer port 9000 to the end of the IP address to access Portainer GUI.

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