[tryfinally]

Sure! My requirements are very simple, so my setup isn’t very complicated. The process isn’t precisely repeatable because each self-hosted app has different requirements, some require multiple containers, and so on.

I start with a template docker-compose yaml that contains the barebones: network settings, labels for Traefik (eg. Let’s Encrypt config), placeholders for the image/container name, volumes, env variables, etc. I fill this in based on the container I want to setup. Many self-hosted apps provide example docker-compose configurations - I often just merge them with my template by hand. It’s usually just a couple of lines.

I edit the files in vscode (but directly over ssh). Not a huge fan of editing YAML in the terminal.

Then, I execute an aliased command that goes something like this:

  docker-compose down ; docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d && docker-compose logs -f

to see if the container stands up, and tweak if necessary.