# Docker or package installation for least maintenance?

**URL:** https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033
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**Created:** [November 3, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033 "2021-11-03T22:09:22Z")
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### Author: ![cymax](https://community.zammad.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/c/a183cd/32.png) [@cymax](https://community.zammad.org/u/cymax)
#### Post date: [November 3, 2021, 10:09pm UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033/1 "2021-11-03T22:09:23Z")

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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!

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### Author: ![olafbuitelaar](https://community.zammad.org/user_avatar/community.zammad.org/olafbuitelaar/32/4769_2.png) [@olafbuitelaar](https://community.zammad.org/u/olafbuitelaar)
#### Post date: [November 4, 2021, 10:46am UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033/2 "2021-11-04T10:46:46Z")

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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

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### Author: ![MrGeneration](https://community.zammad.org/user_avatar/community.zammad.org/mrgeneration/32/9260_2.png) [@MrGeneration](https://community.zammad.org/u/MrGeneration)
#### Post date: [November 17, 2021, 10:54am UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033/3 "2021-11-17T10:54:15Z")

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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.

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### Author: ![system](https://community.zammad.org/uploads/default/original/1X/5c5afaea2d23f811dbec33cd4edb02fa29d3262f.png) [@system](https://community.zammad.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2021, 2:55am UTC](https://community.zammad.org/t/docker-or-package-installation-for-least-maintenance/8033/4 "2021-12-29T02:55:02Z")

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