I use traefik so with docker compose/labels it's real easy to give things a reverse proxy with an auth gate and other middleware
replyThere's lots of solutions, I also find compose hits the sweet spot for integration into my homelab
ok, so you're just using a container with a different name? You can put the single binary in a container and call it a jail if it makes you feel better.
replyWell yes, but that's the point entirely - you can easily put a binary into a docker container, or a jail, or on a VM. But when something is shipped as 5 different docker containers it is MUCH harder to extract it into something you can run without docker or in a different configuration (like sharing a postgres instance between multiple applications).
replyOne distribution method is flexible and can be deployed however you want, the other prescribes solutions and makes any customization difficult.
Are you saying it's hard to edit a docker compose file? Being one service or 5 doesn't really make things more complex. I often point servers at my own postgres container instead of spinning up an extra one (so just remove that from the compose for example). That's kind of the entire point of compose, it's so flexible.
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