Docker Compose

Compose is a tool for defining and running multi-container Docker applications. With Compose, you use a YAML file to configure your application’s services. Then, with a single command, you create and start all the services from your configuration.

I heavily utilize Docker Compose in my environment. I find it much easier to deploy Docker containers and, of greater importance, to document, update and make changes to my containers and stacks.

I also use Portainer for some container management. However I use it primarily for restarting or stopping containers and for testing purposes.