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Watchtower

Container-based solution for automating Docker container base image updates.

Intended to be used in homelabs, media centers, local dev environments, and such.
Not recommend in commercial or production environments.

1. TL;DR
2. Further readings
   1. Sources

TL;DR

Setup

docker run -d --name 'watchtower' -v '/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock' 'containrrr/watchtower'

Docker compose:

services:
  watchtower:
    image: containrrr/watchtower
    volumes:
      - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock

Further readings

• Website
• Main repository

Sources