Unable to create compose via web editor in swarm mode

[volschin]

Bug description
Running Docker in swarm mode and creating a new stack in the web editor this is created in swarm mode. There is no chance to create a compose stack inside portainer. You have to create this externally. Existing stacks work fine in the mode they were created before.

Expected behavior
Give the user a choice in the web UI of stack creation between compose stack or swarm stack.

Portainer Logs
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You can see how here

Steps to reproduce the issue:

1. Go to 'stacks'
2. Click on '+Add stack'
3. Choose 'Web editor'
4. Put in some data for a standalone stack
5. Deploy the stack
6. Look at the types in the stack list

Technical details:

• Portainer version: 2.16.1
• Docker version (managed by Portainer): 20.10.21
• Platform (windows/linux): Linux
• Command used to start Portainer (docker run -p 9443:9443 portainer/portainer):
• Browser:
• Use Case (delete as appropriate): Using Portainer at Home, Using Portainer in a Commercial setup.
• Have you reviewed our technical documentation and knowledge base? Yes/No

Additional context
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[tamarahenson]

@volschin

I wanted to follow up on this request. Am I understanding that you want to create a compose stack in Swarm?

Can you post your compose code that I can test with?

Thanks!

[volschin]

@tamarahenson
You could use this one.

version: "3.9"
services:
  code-server:
    image: lscr.io/linuxserver/code-server:latest
    container_name: code-server
    environment:
      - PUID=1000
      - PGID=1000
      - TZ=Europe/Berlin
      - PASSWORD= #optional
      - HASHED_PASSWORD= #optional
      - SUDO_PASSWORD= #optional
      - SUDO_PASSWORD_HASH= #optional
      - PROXY_DOMAIN= #optional
      - DEFAULT_WORKSPACE=/config/workspace #optional
    volumes:
      - ./code:/config
    ports:
      - 8543:8443
    restart: unless-stopped``

[tamarahenson]

@volschin

I wanted to follow up on this request. The reason we do not provide the option to create compose in Swarm is due that compose is designed for Docker Standalone and not Docker Swarm.

Thanks!

[volschin]

@tamarahenson
But Docker itself gives you the ability to mix swarm mode services and standalone services while being in swarm mode. But at the moment portainer is unusable to do new ones. Existing stacks are administered fine. Outside created work fine.
So I don‘t understand why portainer tries to educate me.

[tamarahenson]

@volschin

You can use the API:

http --verify=no --form POST https://192.168.2.12:9443/api/stacks X-API-Key:<api-key> type=2 method=file [email protected] endpointId=<id> Name=wordpress SwarmID=<id>

Thanks!

[liseri]

@volschin I support your idea. @tamarahenson I have the same needs; Please consider this proposal.

[tom1422]

This feature would be useful because overlay networks don't work when swarm mode is not enabled (no VNI provided error) and I would like to use overlay networks with my compose-created containers.

[volschin]

@tom1422 So do I. And to enable the use of secrets in docker, being only available with swarm feature activated.

[volschin]

Small work around for those having existing compose stacks. Empty one of those stacks to only have one service without volumes, networks, container names and such conflicting things. Then use the "Stack duplication / migration" function with duplication option to create another one with the stack name you want.

And you have your new compose stack you can fill with your new input in the second step.

[TheOfficialMrBlah]

I still have the problem, is there a solution to this that doesn't require having a stack already in compose mode?

My preferred solution would be, as the author suggested, to simply have the option to choose between compose and swarm when creating the stack.

[TheOfficialMrBlah]

I think I have found a solution:

• go to Templates -> Application
• set a filter at Type: Compose Stack
• find something small and “deploy the stack”

Now there is a stack with type "Compose", which can be changed and duplicated at will.