7 Docker Basics for Beginners

This is a technical setup article by TechHut covering self-hosted OpenCloud, its relationship to Nextcloud, and a Docker Compose deployment. It explains OpenCloud's Go-based services, filesystem storage without a separate database, and the differences in scope between OpenCloud and Nextcloud. The deployment uses the OpenCloud Compose repository with local configuration and data directories, an external NGINX Proxy Manager, a domain with HTTPS certificates, optional Apache Tika full-text search, and browser-based document editing through Collabora or Euro Office. The article was published in August 2026 and updated in September 2026.

Dockhand is a Docker management web application by Finsys for managing containers, Compose stacks, and multiple local or remote Docker hosts. It provides real-time container status and resource monitoring, visual Compose editing, Git-based deployment with webhooks and auto-sync, interactive shell access, log streaming, file and volume browsing, image and network management, vulnerability scanning with Grype and Trivy, schedules for pruning and updates, notifications, and activity auditing. Environments can connect through a socket, agent, or direct TCP. The application uses direct Docker API calls, a SvelteKit frontend, a Bun-based backend, and SQLite or PostgreSQL through Drizzle ORM. It is licensed under the Business Source License 1.1, with the repository stating that it converts to Apache 2.0 on January 1, 2029; personal use, internal business use, non-profits, education, and evaluation are permitted, while offering it as a commercial hosted service is not.

OpenCloud Compose is a repository of Docker Compose configurations for deploying OpenCloud in different environments. Its modular files combine the core OpenCloud service with Traefik or an external reverse proxy, Let's Encrypt or local certificates, Collabora Online or Euro Office document editing, Keycloak and LDAP identity management, Apache Tika full-text search, Radicale calendar and contacts, monitoring metrics, and ClamAV antivirus scanning. Deployments are selected with Docker Compose `-f` options or the `COMPOSE_FILE` environment variable, with settings such as domains, passwords, storage paths, and service-specific secrets supplied through `.env`. The repository requires Docker and Docker Compose v2, is licensed under GPLv3, and advises using the official OpenCloud documentation for production deployments.

A storage setup guide published in TechHutTV's homelab repository. The guide explains storage-related configuration for OpenCloud, including where the service stores its configuration and data. It is presented as part of a repository containing homelab stacks, templates, and related resources.

Dockge is a self-hosted web manager for Docker Compose stacks. It manages compose.yaml files without taking ownership of them: users can create, edit, start, stop, restart, delete, and update stacks, while continuing to use the files with normal Docker Compose commands. Its interface includes an interactive Compose editor, a web terminal, and real-time pull, startup, shutdown, and terminal output. Multiple-agent support allows stacks on different Docker hosts to be managed from one interface, and a converter turns docker run commands into compose.yaml files. Dockge runs with Docker 20 or newer or Podman on supported Linux distributions, and the repository documents Docker-based installation with a default port of 5001.