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+# portainer
+
+A centralized service delivery platform for containerized apps.
+
+## Important step when deploying
+This service can obiously not be deployed using portainer.
+So this service needs to be deployed manually using docker compose.
+
diff --git a/portainer/docker-compose.yaml b/portainer/docker-compose.yaml
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+version: '3.5'
+services:
+  portainer:
+    image: portainer/portainer-ce:2.11.0
+    restart: always
+    volumes:
+      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+      - portainer_data:/data
+    ports:
+      - 8000:8000 # This is used for portainer edge agents to connect
+    environment:
+      - VIRTUAL_HOST=portainer.jfreudenberger.de
+      - VIRTUAL_PORT=9000
+      - LETSENCRYPT_HOST=portainer.jfreudenberger.de
+    networks:
+      - webproxy
+
+volumes:
+  portainer_data:
+
+networks:
+  webproxy:
+    external: true
+    name: webproxy