How to install Portainer on Windows 10

Portainer is a web-based management UI for Docker, which enables the management of Docker hosts, containers, images, networks, and volumes through a simple and user-friendly interface. In this tutorial, we will guide you through the process of installing Portainer on Windows 10 using Docker Desktop.

Prerequisites

Before you start, you need to have Docker Desktop installed on your Windows machine. You can download it from the official Docker website: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop.

Step 1: Create a Docker volume

The first step is to create a Docker volume to store the Portainer configuration data. Open a command prompt and run the following command:

docker volume create portainer_data

Step 2: Launch Portainer container

Next, launch the Portainer container by running the following command:

docker run -d -p 9000:9000 --name portainer --restart unless-stopped \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v portainer_data:/data portainer/portainer-ce

This command will start the Portainer container with the following options:

• -d: Run the container in detached mode.
• -p 9000:9000: Expose the container's port 9000 to the host's port 9000.
• --name portainer: Assign the container a name.
• --restart unless-stopped: Automatically restart the container unless it is explicitly stopped.
• -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock: Mount the Docker socket to the container.
• -v portainer_data:/data: Mount the portainer_data volume to the container's /data directory.
• portainer/portainer-ce: Use the portainer/portainer-ce image to run the container (the Community Edition version is used in this tutorial).

Step 3: Access Portainer web interface

Now that you have launched the Portainer container, you can access its web interface by opening a web browser and navigating to http://localhost:9000. You should see the Portainer login page.

The first time you access Portainer, you need to set up an admin user account. Follow the prompts to set up your account. Once you have logged in, you can start using Portainer to manage your Docker resources.

Conclusion

In this tutorial, you learned how to install Portainer on Windows 10 using Docker Desktop. With Portainer, you can easily manage your Docker resources through a user-friendly web interface.

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