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WUD is a better alternative to Watchtower for Docker updates

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What's Up Docker (WUD) will notify you of updated Docker container images for installation, just like Watchtower can do, but WUD solves a number of challenges that I have with using Watchtower:

  1. Shows a custom descriptive name for images including database images.
  2. This means no time wasted checking which image must be updated.
  3. Updates can be run with the click of a button inside WUD.
  4. Auto prunes the old images.
  5. Can work with more than one remote Docker host endpoint.
  6. Numerous notification services supported.
  7. Can single-click to see image's change log.
  8. Can optionally auto update docker-compose file with new image version.

    9. I demonstrate a number of these features but I did not really go through the menus, as most settings are set using the environment and label variables in the Docker files for containers (which I do show in the video).

    CHAPTERS:

    Intro 00:00

    Challenges with Watchtower 00:51
    WUD User Interface 04:51
    Run an Update 06:10
    Digest Updates 07:16
    Change Log Link 08:00
    Manual Update Check 09:23
    Local vs Other Repositories 09:42
    Watches 11:12
    Registries 11:58
    Triggers 12:12
    Authentication 12:50
    Triggers 15:04
    Watchers 16:01
    Labels 17:12
    Watch Major or Minor versions 18:13
    Config for Change Log Link 18:50
    Config for Custom Name 19:55
    Config Manor or Minor Versions 20:08
    Config Example in Container 20:47
    WUD Container Stack Config 21:21
    Auto Prune Images 22:45
    Activate Run Update Button 22:56
    Tip to Ignore Update 23:30
    GMail SMTP 24:01
    Outro 26:35

    LINKS:

    WUD website and documents https://getwud.github.io/wud/#/

    GitHub site https://github.com/getwud/wud
    Discussions https://github.com/getwud/wud/discussions

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