Docker or package installation for least maintenance?

[cymax]

Hi, I plan to give Zammad a spin on a contabo vps. Not sure whether I should go the docker route or just install the package directly?

Any recommendation / experiences?

Thanks!

[olafbuitelaar]

Personally i would prefer docker, since it creates a clean environment without being depended on OS packages and distributions. Also you can simply create multiple instances, for example dev/test vs. live

[MrGeneration]

Personally I believe that the package installation is the by far easiest installation.
Now docker power users may have a different opinion, but that’s because they know docker and compose well in most cases. For fairly new people a package installation is easier than the docker version. I believe the documentation for package is also better.

But in the end you decide which poison you prefer so.
In terms of updating package and docker-compose should be similar in terms of maintenance etc.