TrueNAS Apps Market

Expand your system’s capabilities quickly and easily by adding third-party software.

Download TrueNAS
TrueNAS UI and Apps screens

Portainer

Portainer
Get Started with Apps!
App Version: 2.29.1 (Changelog)
Keywords: docker, compose, container
Train: Community
Home Page: https://www.portainer.io
Portainer Details
Added: 2024-08-07
Last Updated: 2025-04-23

Container management made easy

Run as Context
  • Portainer runs as root user.
    Group: 0 / root
    User: 0 / root

Screenshots
Screenshot 1 Screenshot 2

Host Mounts
  • /var/run/docker.sock : Docker socket

Security Capabilities
  • Portainer is able to chown files.
  • Portainer is able to bypass permission checks.
  • Portainer is able to bypass permission checks for it's sub-processes.
  • Portainer is able to kill processes.
  • Portainer is able to set group ids.
  • Portainer is able to set user ids.
  • Portainer is able to set capabilities.
  • Portainer is able to set file capabilities.

App Metadata (Raw File)
{
    "1.3.26": {
        "healthy": true,
        "supported": true,
        "healthy_error": null,
        "location": "/__w/apps/apps/trains/community/portainer/1.3.26",
        "last_update": "2025-04-23 17:40:39",
        "required_features": [],
        "human_version": "2.29.1_1.3.26",
        "version": "1.3.26",
        "app_metadata": {
            "app_version": "2.29.1",
            "capabilities": [
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to chown files.",
                    "name": "CHOWN"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to bypass permission checks.",
                    "name": "DAC_OVERRIDE"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to bypass permission checks for it's sub-processes.",
                    "name": "FOWNER"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to kill processes.",
                    "name": "KILL"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set group ids.",
                    "name": "SETGID"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set user ids.",
                    "name": "SETUID"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set capabilities.",
                    "name": "SETPCAP"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set file capabilities.",
                    "name": "SETFCAP"
                }
            ],
            "categories": [
                "management"
            ],
            "changelog_url": "https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases",
            "date_added": "2024-08-07",
            "description": "Container management made easy",
            "home": "https://www.portainer.io",
            "host_mounts": [
                {
                    "description": "Docker socket",
                    "host_path": "/var/run/docker.sock"
                }
            ],
            "icon": "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/icons/icon.png",
            "keywords": [
                "docker",
                "compose",
                "container"
            ],
            "lib_version": "2.1.16",
            "lib_version_hash": "dac15686f882b9ce65b8549a3d5c0ed7bafe2df7a9028880d1a99b0ff4af1eff",
            "maintainers": [
                {
                    "email": "dev@ixsystems.com",
                    "name": "truenas",
                    "url": "https://www.truenas.com/"
                }
            ],
            "name": "portainer",
            "run_as_context": [
                {
                    "description": "Portainer runs as root user.",
                    "gid": 0,
                    "group_name": "root",
                    "uid": 0,
                    "user_name": "root"
                }
            ],
            "screenshots": [
                "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/screenshots/screenshot1.png",
                "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/screenshots/screenshot2.png"
            ],
            "sources": [
                "https://www.portainer.io",
                "https://github.com/portainer/portainer"
            ],
            "title": "Portainer",
            "train": "community",
            "version": "1.3.26"
        },
        "schema": {
            "groups": [
                {
                    "name": "Portainer Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure Portainer"
                },
                {
                    "name": "User and Group Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure User and Group for Portainer"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Network Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure Network for Portainer"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Storage Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure Storage for Portainer"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Labels Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure Labels for Portainer"
                },
                {
                    "name": "Resources Configuration",
                    "description": "Configure Resources for Portainer"
                }
            ],
            "questions": [
                {
                    "variable": "portainer",
                    "label": "",
                    "group": "Portainer Configuration",
                    "schema": {
                        "type": "dict",
                        "attrs": [
                            {
                                "variable": "image_selector",
                                "label": "Image",
                                "description": "The image to use for Portainer.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "string",
                                    "required": true,
                                    "default": "image",
                                    "enum": [
                                        {
                                            "value": "image",
                                            "description": "Portainer Community Edition"
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "value": "ee_image",
                                            "description": "Portainer Enterprise Edition"
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "additional_envs",
                                "label": "Additional Environment Variables",
                                "description": "Configure additional environment variables for Portainer.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "list",
                                    "default": [],
                                    "items": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "env",
                                            "label": "Environment Variable",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "dict",
                                                "attrs": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "name",
                                                        "label": "Name",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "value",
                                                        "label": "Value",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    "variable": "network",
                    "label": "",
                    "group": "Network Configuration",
                    "schema": {
                        "type": "dict",
                        "attrs": [
                            {
                                "variable": "web_port",
                                "label": "WebUI Port",
                                "description": "The port for Portainer WebUI",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "int",
                                    "default": 31015,
                                    "required": true,
                                    "$ref": [
                                        "definitions/port"
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "host_network",
                                "label": "Host Network",
                                "description": "Bind to the host network. It's recommended to keep this disabled.\n",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "boolean",
                                    "default": false
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "tunnel_enabled",
                                "label": "Tunnel",
                                "description": "Enable the tunnel for edge compute.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "boolean",
                                    "default": false
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "tunnel_port",
                                "label": "Tunnel Port",
                                "description": "The port to use for the tunnel.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "int",
                                    "default": 31016,
                                    "required": true,
                                    "show_if": [
                                        [
                                            "tunnel_enabled",
                                            "=",
                                            true
                                        ]
                                    ],
                                    "$ref": [
                                        "definitions/port"
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "http_port",
                                "label": "HTTP Port (Optional)",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "dict",
                                    "attrs": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "bind_mode",
                                            "label": "Port Bind Mode",
                                            "description": "The port bind mode.</br>\n- Publish: The port will be published on the host for external access.</br>\n- Expose: The port will be exposed for inter-container communication.</br>\n- None: The port will not be exposed or published.</br>\nNote: If the Dockerfile defines an EXPOSE directive,\nthe port will still be exposed for inter-container communication regardless of this setting.\n",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "default": "",
                                                "enum": [
                                                    {
                                                        "value": "published",
                                                        "description": "Publish port on the host for external access"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "value": "exposed",
                                                        "description": "Expose port for inter-container communication"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "value": "",
                                                        "description": "None"
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "port_number",
                                            "label": "Port Number",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "int",
                                                "default": 31017,
                                                "required": true,
                                                "$ref": [
                                                    "definitions/port"
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "host_ips",
                                            "label": "Host IPs",
                                            "description": "IPs on the host to bind this port",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "list",
                                                "show_if": [
                                                    [
                                                        "bind_mode",
                                                        "=",
                                                        "published"
                                                    ]
                                                ],
                                                "default": [],
                                                "items": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "host_ip",
                                                        "label": "Host IP",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true,
                                                            "$ref": [
                                                                "definitions/node_bind_ip"
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "certificate_id",
                                "label": "Certificate",
                                "description": "The certificate to use for Portainer.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "int",
                                    "null": true,
                                    "$ref": [
                                        "definitions/certificate"
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    "variable": "storage",
                    "label": "",
                    "group": "Storage Configuration",
                    "schema": {
                        "type": "dict",
                        "attrs": [
                            {
                                "variable": "data",
                                "label": "Portainer Data Storage",
                                "description": "The path to store Portainer Data.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "dict",
                                    "attrs": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "type",
                                            "label": "Type",
                                            "description": "ixVolume: Is dataset created automatically by the system.</br>\nHost Path: Is a path that already exists on the system.\n",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "required": true,
                                                "immutable": true,
                                                "default": "ix_volume",
                                                "enum": [
                                                    {
                                                        "value": "host_path",
                                                        "description": "Host Path (Path that already exists on the system)"
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "value": "ix_volume",
                                                        "description": "ixVolume (Dataset created automatically by the system)"
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "ix_volume_config",
                                            "label": "ixVolume Configuration",
                                            "description": "The configuration for the ixVolume dataset.",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "dict",
                                                "show_if": [
                                                    [
                                                        "type",
                                                        "=",
                                                        "ix_volume"
                                                    ]
                                                ],
                                                "$ref": [
                                                    "normalize/ix_volume"
                                                ],
                                                "attrs": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "acl_enable",
                                                        "label": "Enable ACL",
                                                        "description": "Enable ACL for the storage.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "boolean",
                                                            "default": false
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "dataset_name",
                                                        "label": "Dataset Name",
                                                        "description": "The name of the dataset to use for storage.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true,
                                                            "immutable": true,
                                                            "hidden": true,
                                                            "default": "data"
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "acl_entries",
                                                        "label": "ACL Configuration",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "dict",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "acl_enable",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    true
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "attrs": []
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "host_path_config",
                                            "label": "Host Path Configuration",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "dict",
                                                "show_if": [
                                                    [
                                                        "type",
                                                        "=",
                                                        "host_path"
                                                    ]
                                                ],
                                                "attrs": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "acl_enable",
                                                        "label": "Enable ACL",
                                                        "description": "Enable ACL for the storage.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "boolean",
                                                            "default": false
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "acl",
                                                        "label": "ACL Configuration",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "dict",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "acl_enable",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    true
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "attrs": [],
                                                            "$ref": [
                                                                "normalize/acl"
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "path",
                                                        "label": "Host Path",
                                                        "description": "The host path to use for storage.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "hostpath",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "acl_enable",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    false
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "required": true
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            },
                            {
                                "variable": "additional_storage",
                                "label": "Additional Storage",
                                "description": "Additional storage for Portainer.",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "list",
                                    "default": [],
                                    "items": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "storageEntry",
                                            "label": "Storage Entry",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "dict",
                                                "attrs": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "type",
                                                        "label": "Type",
                                                        "description": "ixVolume: Is dataset created automatically by the system.</br>\nHost Path: Is a path that already exists on the system.</br>\nSMB Share: Is a SMB share that is mounted to as a volume.\n",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true,
                                                            "default": "ix_volume",
                                                            "immutable": true,
                                                            "enum": [
                                                                {
                                                                    "value": "host_path",
                                                                    "description": "Host Path (Path that already exists on the system)"
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "value": "ix_volume",
                                                                    "description": "ixVolume (Dataset created automatically by the system)"
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "value": "cifs",
                                                                    "description": "SMB/CIFS Share (Mounts a volume to a SMB share)"
                                                                }
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "read_only",
                                                        "label": "Read Only",
                                                        "description": "Mount the volume as read only.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "boolean",
                                                            "default": false
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "mount_path",
                                                        "label": "Mount Path",
                                                        "description": "The path inside the container to mount the storage.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "path",
                                                            "required": true
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "host_path_config",
                                                        "label": "Host Path Configuration",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "dict",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "type",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    "host_path"
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "attrs": [
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "acl_enable",
                                                                    "label": "Enable ACL",
                                                                    "description": "Enable ACL for the storage.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "boolean",
                                                                        "default": false
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "acl",
                                                                    "label": "ACL Configuration",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "dict",
                                                                        "show_if": [
                                                                            [
                                                                                "acl_enable",
                                                                                "=",
                                                                                true
                                                                            ]
                                                                        ],
                                                                        "attrs": [],
                                                                        "$ref": [
                                                                            "normalize/acl"
                                                                        ]
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "path",
                                                                    "label": "Host Path",
                                                                    "description": "The host path to use for storage.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "hostpath",
                                                                        "show_if": [
                                                                            [
                                                                                "acl_enable",
                                                                                "=",
                                                                                false
                                                                            ]
                                                                        ],
                                                                        "required": true
                                                                    }
                                                                }
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "ix_volume_config",
                                                        "label": "ixVolume Configuration",
                                                        "description": "The configuration for the ixVolume dataset.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "dict",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "type",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    "ix_volume"
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "$ref": [
                                                                "normalize/ix_volume"
                                                            ],
                                                            "attrs": [
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "acl_enable",
                                                                    "label": "Enable ACL",
                                                                    "description": "Enable ACL for the storage.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "boolean",
                                                                        "default": false
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "dataset_name",
                                                                    "label": "Dataset Name",
                                                                    "description": "The name of the dataset to use for storage.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string",
                                                                        "required": true,
                                                                        "immutable": true,
                                                                        "default": "storage_entry"
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "acl_entries",
                                                                    "label": "ACL Configuration",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "dict",
                                                                        "show_if": [
                                                                            [
                                                                                "acl_enable",
                                                                                "=",
                                                                                true
                                                                            ]
                                                                        ],
                                                                        "attrs": []
                                                                    }
                                                                }
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    },
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "cifs_config",
                                                        "label": "SMB Configuration",
                                                        "description": "The configuration for the SMB dataset.",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "dict",
                                                            "show_if": [
                                                                [
                                                                    "type",
                                                                    "=",
                                                                    "cifs"
                                                                ]
                                                            ],
                                                            "attrs": [
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "server",
                                                                    "label": "Server",
                                                                    "description": "The server to mount the SMB share.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string",
                                                                        "required": true
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "path",
                                                                    "label": "Path",
                                                                    "description": "The path to mount the SMB share.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string",
                                                                        "required": true
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "username",
                                                                    "label": "Username",
                                                                    "description": "The username to use for the SMB share.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string",
                                                                        "required": true
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "password",
                                                                    "label": "Password",
                                                                    "description": "The password to use for the SMB share.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string",
                                                                        "required": true,
                                                                        "private": true
                                                                    }
                                                                },
                                                                {
                                                                    "variable": "domain",
                                                                    "label": "Domain",
                                                                    "description": "The domain to use for the SMB share.",
                                                                    "schema": {
                                                                        "type": "string"
                                                                    }
                                                                }
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    "variable": "labels",
                    "label": "",
                    "group": "Labels Configuration",
                    "schema": {
                        "type": "list",
                        "default": [],
                        "items": [
                            {
                                "variable": "label",
                                "label": "Label",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "dict",
                                    "attrs": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "key",
                                            "label": "Key",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "required": true
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "value",
                                            "label": "Value",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "string",
                                                "required": true
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "containers",
                                            "label": "Containers",
                                            "description": "Containers where the label should be applied",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "list",
                                                "items": [
                                                    {
                                                        "variable": "container",
                                                        "label": "Container",
                                                        "schema": {
                                                            "type": "string",
                                                            "required": true,
                                                            "enum": [
                                                                {
                                                                    "value": "portainer",
                                                                    "description": "portainer"
                                                                }
                                                            ]
                                                        }
                                                    }
                                                ]
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                },
                {
                    "variable": "resources",
                    "label": "",
                    "group": "Resources Configuration",
                    "schema": {
                        "type": "dict",
                        "attrs": [
                            {
                                "variable": "limits",
                                "label": "Limits",
                                "schema": {
                                    "type": "dict",
                                    "attrs": [
                                        {
                                            "variable": "cpus",
                                            "label": "CPUs",
                                            "description": "CPUs limit for Portainer.",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "int",
                                                "default": 2,
                                                "required": true
                                            }
                                        },
                                        {
                                            "variable": "memory",
                                            "label": "Memory (in MB)",
                                            "description": "Memory limit for Portainer.",
                                            "schema": {
                                                "type": "int",
                                                "default": 4096,
                                                "required": true
                                            }
                                        }
                                    ]
                                }
                            }
                        ]
                    }
                }
            ]
        },
        "readme": "<h1>Portainer</h1> <p><a href=\"https://www.portainer.io\">Portainer</a> is a lightweight service delivery platform for containerized applications that can be used to manage Docker, Swarm, Kubernetes and ACI environments.</p>",
        "changelog": null,
        "chart_metadata": {
            "app_version": "2.29.1",
            "capabilities": [
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to chown files.",
                    "name": "CHOWN"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to bypass permission checks.",
                    "name": "DAC_OVERRIDE"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to bypass permission checks for it's sub-processes.",
                    "name": "FOWNER"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to kill processes.",
                    "name": "KILL"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set group ids.",
                    "name": "SETGID"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set user ids.",
                    "name": "SETUID"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set capabilities.",
                    "name": "SETPCAP"
                },
                {
                    "description": "Portainer is able to set file capabilities.",
                    "name": "SETFCAP"
                }
            ],
            "categories": [
                "management"
            ],
            "changelog_url": "https://github.com/portainer/portainer/releases",
            "date_added": "2024-08-07",
            "description": "Container management made easy",
            "home": "https://www.portainer.io",
            "host_mounts": [
                {
                    "description": "Docker socket",
                    "host_path": "/var/run/docker.sock"
                }
            ],
            "icon": "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/icons/icon.png",
            "keywords": [
                "docker",
                "compose",
                "container"
            ],
            "lib_version": "2.1.16",
            "lib_version_hash": "dac15686f882b9ce65b8549a3d5c0ed7bafe2df7a9028880d1a99b0ff4af1eff",
            "maintainers": [
                {
                    "email": "dev@ixsystems.com",
                    "name": "truenas",
                    "url": "https://www.truenas.com/"
                }
            ],
            "name": "portainer",
            "run_as_context": [
                {
                    "description": "Portainer runs as root user.",
                    "gid": 0,
                    "group_name": "root",
                    "uid": 0,
                    "user_name": "root"
                }
            ],
            "screenshots": [
                "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/screenshots/screenshot1.png",
                "https://media.sys.truenas.net/apps/portainer/screenshots/screenshot2.png"
            ],
            "sources": [
                "https://www.portainer.io",
                "https://github.com/portainer/portainer"
            ],
            "title": "Portainer",
            "train": "community",
            "version": "1.3.26"
        }
    }
}


Resources

Support, maintenance, and documentation for applications within the Community catalog is handled by the TrueNAS community. The TrueNAS Applications Portal hosts but does not validate or maintain any linked resources associated with this app.

There currently aren’t any resources available for this application!

Please help the TrueNAS community create content or discuss this application in the TrueNAS Community forum.