Agent — Portainer 1.23.2 documentation
portainer.readthedocs.io/en/stable/agent.htmlPortainer Docs» Agent Edit on GitHub Agent¶ Purpose¶ The Portainer Agent is a workaround for a Docker API limitation when using the Docker API to manage a Docker environment. The user interactions with specific resources (containers, networks, volumes and images) are limited to those available on the node targeted by the Docker API request.
Docker Hub
hub.docker.com › r › portainerThe agent purpose aims to solve that issue and make the containers, networks and volumes resources cluster aware while keeping the Docker API request format. This means that you only need to execute one Docker API request to retrieve all the volumes inside your cluster for example.
Install Portainer Agent with Docker on Linux
docs.portainer.io › install › agentInstall Portainer Agent with Docker on Linux Introduction Portainer uses the Portainer Agentcontainer to communicate with the Portainer Serverinstance and provide access to the node's resources. This document will outline how to install the Portainer Agent on your node and how to connect to it from your Portainer Server instance.
Docker Hub
https://hub.docker.com/r/portainer/agentThe agent purpose aims to solve that issue and make the containers, networks and volumes resources cluster aware while keeping the Docker API request format. This means that you only need to execute one Docker API request to retrieve all the volumes inside your cluster for example.