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dockmesh

Quick Start

This guide walks you through deploying your first container stack after installing dockmesh.

1. Log in

Section titled “1. Log in”

Open http://your-server:8080 and sign in with the admin credentials from the install logs.

2. Create a stack

Section titled “2. Create a stack”
  1. Click Stacks in the sidebar
  2. Click New stack
  3. Enter a name (e.g., hello-world)
  4. Paste this compose.yaml:
services:
  web:
    image: nginx:alpine
    ports:
      - "8081:80"
  1. Click Create

3. Deploy

Section titled “3. Deploy”

On the stack detail page, click Deploy. dockmesh pulls the image and starts the container.

Visit http://your-server:8081 to see the Nginx welcome page.

4. Monitor

Section titled “4. Monitor”
  • Dashboard shows CPU, memory, disk across all hosts
  • Containers lists all running containers with real-time stats
  • Click a container to see logs, terminal, and metrics

5. Import a docker run command

Section titled “5. Import a docker run command”

Already have a running container started with docker run? dockmesh can convert it:

  1. Open Stacks → New stack
  2. Click Import from docker run
  3. Paste your command (e.g., docker run -d --name web -p 8080:80 -v data:/app/data nginx:alpine)
  4. dockmesh generates the equivalent compose.yaml

Next steps

Section titled “Next steps”