Install Portainer Docker GUI on Debian 12

This tutorial intends to teach you to Install and Access the Portainer Docker GUI Tool on Debian 12 Bookworm. Portainer is a great tool for managing your Docker containers from a graphical user interface. This is a good choice for those comfortable with a graphical interface instead of a command line interface.

Steps To Install Portainer Docker GUI on Debian 12

To install Portainer, you need some requirements, then, follow the rest of the article to complete this guide.

Step 1 – Requirements for Portainer Installation

You must log in to your server as a root or non-root user with sudo privileges. To do this, you can follow this guide on Initial Server Setup with Debian 12 Bookworm.

Then, you must have Docker installed on your server. To do this, you can follow our guide on Install Docker CE on Debian 12 Bookworm.

Also, you must have Docker Compose installed on your server. For this purpose, you can visit this guide on Install Docker Compose on Debian 12 Bookworm.

Step 2 – Install Portainer on Debian 12

At this point, you can start to install Portainer container management on your server.

Create Docker Volume For Portainer

First, you need to create a volume to store Portainer data. Docker volumes are file systems mounted on Docker containers to preserve data generated by the running container. To do this, run the command below:

docker volume create data

Then, verify it by using the command below:

docker volume ls

Output
DRIVER    VOLUME NAME
local     data

Download and Run Portainer Docker Image

Now you can use the following command to download and run the Portainer docker image:

docker run -d -p 8000:8000 -p 9000:9000 --name=portainer --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v data:/data portainer/portainer

Output
latest: Pulling from portainer/portainer
772227786281: Pull complete
96fd13befc87: Pull complete
0bad1d247b5b: Pull complete
b5d1b01b1d39: Pull complete
Digest: sha256:47b064434edf437badf7337e516e07f64477485c8ecc663ddabbe824b20c672d
Status: Downloaded newer image for portainer/portainer:latest
1dccea07ea208064bef4bac26ba2b20c35436ea2b062e530c226fb19c2831565

Next, check your Portainer status with the following command:

docker ps

Output
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                 COMMAND        CREATED          STATUS          PORTS                                                                                            NAMES
1dccea07ea20   portainer/portainer   "/portainer"   18 seconds ago   Up 17 seconds   0.0.0.0:8000->8000/tcp, :::8000->8000/tcp, 0.0.0.0:9000->9000/tcp, :::9000->9000/tcp, 9443/tcp   portainer

Step 3 – Access Portainer Dashboard on Debian 12

At this point, your Portainer is running on port 9000. You can access it through the web interface by typing your server’s IP address in your web browser followed by 9000:

http://your-server-ip:9000

In the first screen, you should create the initial administrator user.

Then, you will see your Portainer dashboard.

You can now easily host your application on the containerization platform via a web-based interface. 

For more information, you can visit the Portainer Docs page.

Conclusion

You have learned to Install and Access the Portainer Docker GUI Tool on Debian 12 Bookworm. As you saw, it is a good tool for those who want to manage their docker containers from a graphical user interface.

Also, you may interested in these articles:

Install Portainer on Debian 11

Install Portainer Docker GUI Tool on AlmaLinux 8

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