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+# Portainer Deployment
+
+This repository contains the deployment configuration for **Portainer CE**, a lightweight management UI that allows you to easily manage your different Docker environments (hosts, containers, images, volumes, and networks).
+
+## 🏗️ Architecture Overview
+
+* **Service**: Portainer Community Edition
+* **Networking**: Connected to the `web_traffic` external network for access via your reverse proxy.
+* **Socket Integration**: Mounts `/var/run/docker.sock` to allow Portainer to manage the local Docker engine.
+* **CI/CD**: Automated deployment via Woodpecker CI on every push to the `main` branch.
+
+## 📂 Repository Structure
+
+* `docker-compose.yaml`: Configures the Portainer service with persistent data storage and Docker socket access.
+* `.woodpecker.yaml`: Handles the automated deployment to the `/home/george/portainer` directory.
+
+## 💾 Persistence
+
+All Portainer configurations, users, and settings are stored in the `./portainer_data` volume. This ensures your dashboard setup survives container updates and recreations.
+
+## 🚀 Deployment
+
+### Manual Setup
+Ensure the `web_traffic` network exists before starting:
+```bash
+docker network create web_traffic
+docker compose up -d
+```
+
+### CI/CD Workflow
+
+The Woodpecker pipeline performs the following on every push to main:
+- Syncs the repository files to the server.
+- Triggers a docker compose up -d with --pull always and --force-recreate to ensure you are always running the latest version of Portainer CE.
+
+## 🔒 Security Note
+
+Since Portainer has full access to the Docker socket, ensure that the admin password is set immediately upon first login and that access is restricted via your reverse proxy.