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> ... and Docker Swarm was deprecated..

I thought the same thing until recently. Apparently there's a "Docker Swarm version 2" around, and it was the original (version 1) Docker Swarm that was deprecated:

https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/

  Do not confuse Docker Swarm mode with Docker Classic Swarm which is no
  longer actively developed.

Haven't personally tried out the version 2 Docker Swarm yet, but it might be worth a look at. :)

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Yes, swarm is not deprecated. I haven't used it myself yet, but I read elsewhere that swarm offers an easy way to manage secrets with containers. Some people run their 1 container in a swarm cluster with 1 node just for this feature. I see it's even officially suggested as a Note in the doc:

> Docker secrets are only available to swarm services, not to standalone containers. To use this feature, *consider adapting your container to run as a service. Stateful containers can typically run with a scale of 1 without changing the container code.*

(Emphasis mine. From https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/secrets/ )

I use Swarm with Portainer, it’s quite a nice experience!

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