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by raphinou 37 days ago
I'm very happy using docker swarm on a single host with traefik as reverse proxy using the setup described here: https://dockerswarm.rocks/

Super easy deployment of additional apps, defined completely in one file (incl setup on host, backups, reverse proxy config, etc).

Never found a reason to migrate away. Swarm was already considered dead when I started using it in 2022[1], but the investment was so low and benefits so big, that it was the right choice for me. I think a lot of people are replicating swarm features with compose, losing a lot of time. But hey, to each their own choice!

1: https://www.yvesdennels.com/posts/docker-swarm-in-2022/

2 comments

Yup, this works so nice.

Using traefik or caddy as proxy.

Docker context for remote access - over Internet or vpn, whatever.

Swarm-cronjob for scheduled things.

Labels for things that need to run in particular places.

So easy.

Personally, k8s is fine, but its an abstraction for building a service architecture, not the thing an end user (developer) should ever use. If you are in a big company and you are using helm or k8s yaml files to roll things out, your infra or platform teams have missed something out.. building the platform!

Swarm or Nomad is the way to go for simple single/multi-node setups.

https://developer.hashicorp.com/nomad

Disclaimer: I used to work for HashiCorp