Something like order vps, apt install that, go to ip:4321, login, enter a master ip, and now it’s part of a farm to which you can drag and drop containers (or repositories, or even just init scripts with tarballs) and edit configs/secrets accordingly, and see logs.
I understand docker and what k8s does, but in our situation setting them up and managing is time-consuming overkill that brings nothing except complexity and need for yet another expensive role.