Docker Engine CE Hosting on MassiveGRID PaaS
The Docker Engine CE package installs Docker Engine Community Edition on a dedicated Linux node on MassiveGRID PaaS, either as a standalone host where you run containers and Compose stacks yourself, or as a worker node ready to join an existing Docker Swarm. You get root access and pay-per-use billing.
Docker Engine CE on MassiveGRID PaaS installs in one click in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, costs about $19.68 a month for the Starter configuration, a Docker Engine node (1 GiB), and starts with a 14-day free trial. See the sizing table.
Both buttons open the MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard with Docker Engine CE pre-selected. Sign up without a card, name the environment, pick a region, and the package installs in a few minutes.
Docker Engine CE Package Facts
| Attribute | Value |
|---|---|
| Package | Docker Engine CE |
| Type | Application (installs a complete environment) |
| Category | DevOps & Admin Tools |
| Software vendor / project | Docker, Inc. |
| Licence | Apache License 2.0 (Docker Engine CE) |
| Runtime / stack | Docker Engine Community Edition on a dedicated Linux node |
| Regions | New York, London, Frankfurt, Singapore |
| Billing | Pay-per-use, about $19.68/month for the Starter configuration (8 cloudlets at $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour), no licence fee |
| Free trial | 14 days, no credit card |
| Uptime SLA | 100% |
What is Docker Engine CE?
Sometimes you do not want an orchestrator. You want a Linux machine with a current Docker Engine, root access and the ability to run docker compose up, with the platform handling scaling, snapshots and networking. This package provides exactly that. It installs Docker Engine CE on a fresh node, configures the daemon and gives you SSH access.
Because the node lives inside a MassiveGRID PaaS environment, you can attach public IPs, put it behind a load balancer, add persistent storage, schedule it to stop at night, and clone it in one click. When one host is no longer enough, the same package can add worker nodes to a swarm.
What the Docker Engine CE Package Deploys
Marketplace packages are not bare container images. One click provisions a complete, production-shaped environment on MassiveGRID infrastructure. How these nodes are sized and what they cost.
- Linux node with Docker Engine CE: A dedicated container-based node with the current stable Docker Engine, containerd and the Docker CLI installed.
- Docker Compose: The Compose plugin, so multi-container stacks run with a single command.
- Standalone or worker mode: Choose a standalone host, or supply a swarm join token to add the node as a worker to an existing cluster.
- Root SSH access: Full control over the daemon configuration, registries, volumes and networks.
What Docker Engine CE Costs to Run
Three starting configurations for the Docker Engine CE package, sized in cloudlets (1 cloudlet = 128 MiB RAM + 400 MHz CPU) and priced at the published rate of $0.003372 per cloudlet-hour, or $2.46 per cloudlet-month.
| Configuration | Topology | Cloudlets | Est. per month |
|---|---|---|---|
| StarterA few containers | Docker Engine node (8 cloudlets, 1 GiB) | 8 | $19.68 |
| StandardA Compose stack in production | Docker Engine node (16 cloudlets, 2 GiB) | 16 | $39.36 |
| ProductionMany containers | Docker Engine node (32 cloudlets, 4 GiB) | 32 | $78.72 |
Estimates assume the environment averages the listed cloudlets around the clock; billing is hourly, vertical auto-scaling lowers the figure when the application is idle, and volume discounts apply as usage grows. Disk and external traffic are billed per gigabyte on top. No licence fee applies to the package. Pick a row in the installer by setting the cloudlet limits per node, or start small and let auto-scaling grow it. Price a different topology or a working-hours schedule in the PaaS pricing calculator; the PaaS page describes the billing model.
Why Teams Choose Docker Engine CE
Run anything containerised
Self-hosted apps, custom services, databases or CI runners from any registry, with no platform restrictions.
Root access
Configure the daemon, install tools and manage volumes exactly as on your own server.
Elastic resources
Vertical auto-scaling grows the host as containers need more CPU and RAM.
Platform conveniences
Snapshots, cloning, public IPs, load balancers and scheduling from the PaaS dashboard.
How to Install Docker Engine CE on MassiveGRID PaaS
Installing the package takes three steps and a few minutes of waiting. No servers to provision, no configuration files to edit.
Open the installer
Click Install with free trial or Install to my account. The MassiveGRID PaaS dashboard opens with the Docker Engine CE package pre-selected, so nothing has to be copied or pasted.
Sign up or sign in
New to the platform? Sign up for the free 14-day trial, which needs no credit card. Existing customers sign in with their usual dashboard credentials.
Choose region and deploy
Name the environment, pick New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore, and confirm. The platform builds every Docker Engine CE node, wires them together and hands you the live URL and credentials.
Who Runs Docker Engine CE on PaaS
Self-hosted application servers
Running tools such as Uptime Kuma, Gitea, Portainer or your own images from a Compose file.
Development and test hosts
Disposable Docker hosts per developer or branch, stopped at night to save cost.
Swarm capacity
Adding worker nodes to a Docker Swarm cluster as load grows.
Why Run Docker Engine CE on MassiveGRID PaaS
Built for uptime. Docker Engine CE runs on MassiveGRID's high-availability platform, where every environment is covered by a 100% uptime SLA. Nodes live on redundant hosts, storage is replicated, and failed containers are restarted or migrated automatically.
Pay for what you use. Billing is hourly and per cloudlet (128 MiB RAM plus 400 MHz CPU). Vertical auto-scaling adds and removes cloudlets as load changes, so a quiet Docker Engine CE environment costs a few dollars a month and a busy one grows without a migration. Full details are on the PaaS page.
Your choice of jurisdiction. Deploy in New York, London, Frankfurt or Singapore and keep data inside the region your users or regulators require. MassiveGRID is ISO 27001 and ISO 9001 certified and GDPR compliant, and has run hosting infrastructure since 2003.
No lock-in. The package is a standard Jelastic Packaging Standard (JPS) manifest. You keep root-level access to the containers, can export the manifest, and can move the workload to any other Jelastic-compatible platform or to your own servers at any time.
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