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15 days agoTake it from someone who is a Linux noob and Googles for terminal commands every time, and whose most used keys are ctrl c, ctrl v…
- Go to official docker documentation, copy paste the commands to install docker.
- go to Portainer documentation, copy paste the commands to install Portainer Community Edition
- Find a service you want to install, copy the ‘docker compose’ text. (A good first service to install is Watchtower which takes care of updating other containers)
- go to Portainer’s browser UI, find the ‘stacks’ tab, paste, click ‘deploy’
Don’t do this on your main server. Use some old hardware or a cheap VPS to practise on.
The main skill I need is googling and asking AI. It’s that easy.
I was tempted by these n100 mini PCs, but worried about the no-name components. I saw many people on reddit/lemmy recommending Dell, Lenovo, HP micro form factor PCs. You can pick them up used from eBay as companies clear out “old” computers. The advantage of the known brands is ongoing firmware support.