Simplify Docker Compose Deployments with Dockge: Visual Management Guide

Introduction

Dockge is a visually appealing, easy‑to‑use Docker Compose visual management tool that already has 17k+ stars on GitHub.

Features

Provides compose.yaml file management with Create/Edit/Start/Stop/Restart/Delete operations and image updates.

Offers an interactive compose.yaml editor.

Includes an interactive web terminal.

Automatically converts docker run commands into compose.yaml scripts.

Supports responsive real‑time output of all information.

Features a simple, user‑friendly UI with a cool design.

Installation

Install Dockge via Docker: docker pull louislam/dockge:1 Run the container with the required environment variables and volume mounts:

docker run -p 5001:5001 --name dockge \
  -e "DOCKGE_STACKS_DIR=/opt/stacks" \
  -e "DOCKGE_ENABLE_CONSOLE=true" \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -v /mydata/dockge/data:/app/data \
  -v /mydata/dockge/stacks:/opt/stacks \
  -d louislam/dockge:1

After the container starts, open http://<your‑host>:5001 to create an admin account and access the Dockge web UI.

Usage Example

This example deploys a Spring Boot application and a MySQL database using Dockge.

The compose.yaml used is:

version: '3'
services:
  # MySQL service
  db:
    image: mysql:5.7
    container_name: mysql2
    ports:
      - 3306:3306
    volumes:
      - /mydata/mysql2/log:/var/log/mysql
      - /mydata/mysql2/data:/var/lib/mysql
    environment:
      - MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=root

  # Spring Boot service
  mall-tiny-docker:
    image: mall-tiny/mall-tiny-docker:1.0-SNAPSHOT
    container_name: mall-tiny-docker
    ports:
      - 8080:8080
    volumes:
      - /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime
      - /mydata/app/mall-tiny-docker/logs:/var/logs

In Dockge, click the +Compose button, paste the above script, and press Deploy to launch the stack.

After deployment, you can view container logs, restart, stop, or delete services directly from the UI.

To access a container’s shell, click the Bash button (e.g., for the MySQL container).

Dockge also provides a web terminal (click the Terminal button) to run commands on the host, where you can see both MySQL and the Spring Boot containers running.

The Spring Boot container includes a Swagger API; you can test it at http://<your‑host>:8080/swagger-ui/ to verify database connectivity.

Summary

Dockge offers a clean, user‑friendly visual interface for Docker Compose, allowing one‑click batch deployments and simplifying container management without needing to type complex CLI commands.

Project Address

https://github.com/louislam/dockge