This field should be populated automatically by Portainer and by default, a Public IP address of the Portainer server(Docker host) will be entered there. The second field asks for the “Portainer server URL”. From there, click on the button “ Add environment“.īellow there are a couple of environment details that are required for Portainer in order to add the remote docker host and the information it requires is a “ name” for your remote docker host, that can be anything you would like. From the Portainer dashboard, navigate to the “Environments” menu. Once you have everything prepared, first step is within the Portainer dashboard. Add a remote Docker host in Portainer using the edge agent Portainer edge agent configuration The edge agent is used because of the simplicity when installing and connecting Portainer to a remote Docker host and also it’s a secure option as well since the agent encrypts all the traffic between the Portainer and the remote Docker host.

Portainer edge agent is a Docker container, which acts as an Portainer agent/client on a remote Docker host in order to establish a connection between one and another add a remote Docker host in Portainer.

Portainer edge agent installed and running on the remote Docker host.

Remote host/instance/server with Docker installed and running as well(Install Docker on Debian/Ubuntu).Portainer Docker host(Portainer installed and running).In order to add a remote Docker host in Portainer there some requirements: This post will focus on using the Portainer edge agent. Portainer supports remote management of multiple Docker hosts and has features and multiple tools/methods how to achieve it. The following article will cover the steps how to add a remote Docker host in Portainer using the edge agent.

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