Manage multiple Docker instances using Portainer agent

Published at 26 March 2021

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Run instance of portainer agent on docker instance

docker run -d -p 9001:9001 --name portainer_agent --restart=always -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock -v /var/lib/docker/volumes:/var/lib/docker/volumes portainer/agent

Configure endpoint in Portainer on management instance