deploy

name	deploy
description	Deploy or update Docker containers on the Tower server via SSH

Deploy: Update Docker Containers on Tower

SSH into the Tower home server and update Docker containers by pulling the latest images and restarting services via Docker Compose.

If no argument is given, update every stack. If a specific service name is given (e.g. starbunk, bluebot, covabot), update only the matching stack.

Step 1 — Discover compose files

SSH into the server and list all docker-compose.yml (or compose.yml) files:

tower "find /mnt/user/appdata/portainer -maxdepth 3 \( -name 'docker-compose.yml' -o -name 'compose.yml' \) | sort"

Step 2 — Filter by argument (if provided)

If a service name was specified, filter the discovered list to paths whose directory name contains the argument (case-insensitive).

Step 3 — Update each stack

For each compose file path, run:

tower "cd <directory> && docker compose pull && docker compose up -d --remove-orphans"

Run these sequentially so output is readable. Capture and report each stack's result.

Step 4 — Report

After all stacks are processed, print a summary table:

Stack	Status
stack-name	Updated / No changes / Failed

If any stack failed, show the error output and suggest next steps.

Notes

• tower is a preconfigured SSH alias — no credentials needed.
• The Portainer appdata path on the server is /mnt/user/appdata/portainer.
• Each subdirectory under that path typically maps to one stack.
• Use docker compose (v2) not docker-compose (v1).
• If a pull fails due to rate limiting, report it and continue with the remaining stacks.
• Starbunk-rs container images are tagged ghcr.io/andrewgari/starbunk-rs-<bot>:latest.