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Portainer Business Edition

Portainer Business Edition is a licensed container management platform for single and multi-cluster Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes environments.

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Portainer Business Edition is a licensed container management platform for single and multi-cluster Docker, Swarm, and Kubernetes environments. It provides a graphical interface and application programming interface (API) for managing containers, images, volumes, networks, and other orchestrator resources. It is aimed at administrators who need Business Edition features for broader service delivery.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 6 install platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS (not listed)
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)

Also on Docker Hub and GitHub

Health score

82/100 Excellent

Maintained
100last commit 21 days ago
Popular
9238,609 GitHub stars
Easy to install
351 install platform, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

How is this calculated?

A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 11 days ago

GitHub stars
38,609
Open issues
759
Last commit
2026-09-18
Latest release
2.45.1
License
Zlib
Activity
declining

Checked 10 days ago - source: GitHub (portainer/portainer)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 10 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Mount the Docker socket into Portainer When you run the Portainer container, pass -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock so it can manage Docker containers on the host. Without that socket, Portainer has no way to inspect or control containers. source
  • Expose Portainer's web port 9000 Publish container port 9000 on your host, for example -p 9000:9000, so you can open the Portainer web interface in a browser. If you skip the port mapping, Portainer is running but you cannot connect to it. source
  • Use your own certificates If you want a trusted certificate, mount a folder such as /certs and pass the --tlscacert, --tlscert, and --tlskey flags with the file paths inside that folder. Skip those flags and Portainer will not use your custom TLS (Transport Layer Security) files, so clients may see certificate warnings or fail strict checks. source

Fetched 10 days ago - each note links to its source

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Checked 7 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

What mount is required for Portainer to manage Docker containers on the host?

Mount the Docker socket into the Portainer container using -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock. Without the socket, Portainer cannot inspect or control containers.

Which host port should be exposed for the Portainer web interface?

Publish container port 9000, for example with -p 9000:9000. If the port is not mapped, the web interface is not reachable in a browser.

How do I use my own SSL certificate with Portainer?

Mount a folder such as /certs and pass the --tlscacert, --tlscert, and --tlskey flags with the certificate file paths inside that folder. Without those flags, Portainer will not use the custom TLS files.

How many nodes can be covered by the free Portainer Business option?

You can get 3 free nodes of Portainer Business for as long as you want them.

Answers sourced from github.com, github.com, github.com

Community

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