Master Docker Management with DPanel: Install, Use, and Real‑World Example

DPanel Overview

DPanel is a lightweight Docker visual management panel with a full Chinese interface, low resource consumption (≈50 MB image, ≈20 MB memory) and over 1.6k stars on GitHub.

Installation

Use Docker to install DPanel.

Pull the lite image:

<code>docker pull dpanel/dpanel:lite</code>

Run the container:

<code>docker run -p 8807:8080 --name dpanel \
 -e APP_NAME=dpanel \
 -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
 -v /mydata/dpanel:/dpanel \
 -d dpanel/dpanel:lite</code>

After the container starts, access the management page at http://192.168.3.101:8807 and create an admin account.

Usage Example: Mall Project

Demonstrating DPanel with a SpringBoot3 + Vue e‑commerce project (mall).

The mall project is a SpringBoot3 + Vue e‑commerce system (≈60 k GitHub stars) that supports multiple modules, the latest 2024 microservice architecture, and is deployed with Docker and Kubernetes. It includes front‑end shop, back‑end admin, and covers products, orders, carts, permissions, coupons, members, payments, etc.

Boot project: https://github.com/macrozheng/mall

Cloud project: https://github.com/macrozheng/mall-swarm

Video tutorials: https://www.macrozheng.com/video/

Overview

In the

Overview

tab you can see basic Docker info, container statistics, and resource usage.

Click

Details

to view container status data such as CPU, memory, network, and disk.

Image Management

In

Image Management → Repository

you can add registry acceleration URLs, e.g., https://docker.1panel.live.

In

Image Management → Image List

you can manage local images and pull remote ones, e.g.,

minio/minio:latest

.

Container Management

In

Container List

you can view running containers, ports, resource usage, status, and images.

Create a container for the mall admin service:

<code>docker run -p 8089:8080 --name mall-admin \
 --link mysql:db \
 --link redis:redis \
 -v /etc/localtime:/etc/localtime \
 -v /mydata/app/admin/logs:/var/logs \
 -d mall/mall-admin:1.0-SNAPSHOT</code>

Configure basic settings, link with MySQL and Redis, set storage mounts, view logs, and access the API at http://192.168.3.101:8089/swagger-ui/.

Use the file manager to edit container files (e.g., Nginx config) and the console button to run commands inside the container.

Compose Example (Minio)

Deploy Minio using Docker Compose:

<code>version: '3'
services:
  minio:
    image: minio/minio
    container_name: minio
    command: server /data --console-address ":9001"
    volumes:
      - /mydata/minio/data:/data
    environment:
      - "MINIO_ROOT_USER=minioadmin"
      - "MINIO_ROOT_PASSWORD=minioadmin"
    ports:
      - 9090:9000
      - 9001:9001
</code>

Create and start the deployment task in DPanel, then access the Minio console at http://192.168.3.101:9001.

Storage & Network

Manage container storage and network resources via the respective DPanel functions.

Conclusion

DPanel provides a comprehensive, Chinese‑friendly visual interface for Docker management, covering most common Docker functionalities and greatly simplifying container operations.

Project Links

GitHub repository: https://github.com/donknap/dpanel

Related microservice project (mall‑swarm) with 11 k stars and 2024 video tutorials (≈26 hours, 59 episodes) covering the latest microservice stack.