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Host Docker Containers

Nyrux

xyzulu

Enhance since v12 no longer uses docker. If you want to host your own docker containers you will need to install docker and mange this yourself. I suggest this feature request gets closed @Aliysa_Enhance since I doubt Enhance are going to devote time to it.. not at least as a priority.

MediaLabz

xyzulu

Even we have moved to a self-developed solution for this. It would be nice if something like this could eventually be integrated into Enhance, but there are definitely more pressing features needed.

bozsolutions

8Dweb

If this were to be a thing in the Enhance focus at some point, we would only utilize it if this were a "role" similar to how other services are currently handled. It is a nice idea to provide a DEDI package that offered docker, but there would need to be a robust management interface for admin/end-user.

We currently setup docker systems for our clients only as required, and they are locked tightly behind firewalls, with various reverse proxy systems as required by the client's needs to expose their interfaces.

Adam

We're still considering this but it's very much a niche feature relevant to a tiny fraction of end users.

What you will be able to do from 12.11.0 is to run any persistent application within the website container and optionally have it proxied from the web server. The feature is designed for node.js but it could be an program written in Go, Rust, Java, etc.

CloudyBlake

Adam I remember cpanel folks talking about supporting docker like 10yrs ago at cpconf. I think they also realized it wasn't in huge demand because they never really rolled it out.

My hot take is, there are plenty of resources for folks who want to run docker. I would rather Enhance focus on becoming more fleshed out on other features.

gozen

I believe that containers will have an increased demand from end users in the upcoming days.

joran

MarkNLD

Go for Dokploy if you want to host Docker containers. Let Enhance focus on it's core features.

formless

Apologies if this is the wrong place - but all search results seem to lead back to this thread as the most relevant place. I think the primary concern with Docker would be - can it co-exist with Enhance on various VPS/servers? I don't think Enhance needs to be able to act as a docker management solution. As others have mentioned there are great solutions already out there (portainer, komodo, dockge, etc) but it would be nice to know if they peacefully coexist with Enhance. And Enhance needs a simple reverse proxy option for container users to push their docker services on a server to a domain. Cloudpanel does a great job of this, for example, with their simple "Reverse Proxy" as a type for a new website. All that is needed in the Enhance side of things is to be able to point a domain at a local address/port.

As an aside, I was initially really liking the idea of Cyberpanel since it incorporates all of the above and does in fact offer a docker GUI, but ultimately went Enhance due to the joke that is Cyberpanel security / their huge breach in the recent past. Enhance is a great fit for someone like me with the website side, but I'd love to be able to add more container based resources on the various servers as well and have a streamlined way to do reverse proxy.

cPFence

formless As others have mentioned there are great solutions already out there (portainer, komodo, dockge, etc) but it would be nice to know if they peacefully coexist with Enhance. And Enhance needs a simple reverse proxy option for container users to push their docker services on a server to a domain. Cloudpanel does a great job of this, for example, with their simple "Reverse Proxy" as a type for a new website. All that is needed in the Enhance side of things is to be able to point a domain at a local address/port.

That’s a solid idea. I think the best move is to start a new feature request thread for it so it gets proper visibility and a chance to be picked up.

andriy

markus

elk Do you use coolify on server which is in your enhance environment (is this possible?)

elk

markus no, we have a completely separate cluster for all dockerized applications and services we run.

i don't think it is possible (or recommended) to run both on the same server/environment.

markus

elk I see, thank you. So for server level, what do you use instead enhance for those coolify servers then?

webnestify

elk Well. I run many docker apps on my production Enhance server... Pangolin connector to my pangolin server, Kasm Workspaces, Nextcloud and many others. No issues whatsoever . Just make sure you dont put anything on 80,443

elk

markus coolify itself will help you manage the proxy, ssl, network, etc. for the applications running on coolify.

you'll have to manage on your own:

general sysadmin tasks and security hardening (we use rundeck/ansible for task automation, wazuh for security monitoring/configuration assessment/xdr,prometheus/grafana for metrics. but thats the same for our enhance cluster)
firewall
web application firewall (we use cloudflare), bunkerweb is an interesting open source alternative though
backups (coolify helps only for the coolify server itself and databases; it will not backup your volumes)

JohnB

elk Have you used coolify in a production enviroment ? Looks cools

dasabo

elk

JohnB yes, we use it for some business applications in production.

@webnestify I mean regarding the service ports, you could change default ports easily too in coolify. just set

      - '--entrypoints.http.address=:80'
      - '--entrypoints.https.address=:443'

while changing the ports solves the immediate problem, I'd be very concerned about deeper conflicts without properly testing it over a time. in our case, we also use cpfence, which adds even another layer of complexity.

If you use vps, I'd prefer the easy way with separate (and decentralized) setup. vps are not that expensive.

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