diff --git a/docker-compose.yml b/docker-compose.yml
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+version: "3.2"
+
+services:
+    portainer:
+        container_name: ${PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME:-portainer}
+        image: portainer/portainer-ce:${PORTAINER_VERSION:-latest}
+        restart: always
+        ports:
+            - ${PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS:-127.0.0.1}:${PORTAINER_HOST_PORT:-9000}:9000
+        volumes:
+            - /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock
+            - data:/data
+
+volumes:
+    data:
diff --git a/setup b/setup
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+#!/bin/bash
+
+echo "####################################################################"
+echo "# docker_portainer_setup_script                                    #"
+echo "# Dennis Buchhorn - bucde@b-eit.de                                 #"
+echo "####################################################################"
+echo "# WARNING: password is plain text input!                           #"
+echo "#                                                                  #"
+echo "# Config will be saved in 'config' file.                           #"
+echo "# (everything in plain text, even the password)                    #"
+#echo "#  #"
+echo "####################################################################"
+echo ""
+
+DATE=$(date +'%y%m%d%H%M%S')
+
+CONFIG_EXISTS="false"
+USE_EXISTING_CONFIG=""
+DELETE_CONFIG=""
+
+PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME="portainer_${DATE}"
+PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME_SUFFIX=""
+PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME="${PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME}_db"
+PORTAINER_VERSION=""
+PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS=""
+PORTAINER_HOST_PORT=""
+
+read -p "Enter portainer project name suffix (leave empty for none): " PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME_SUFFIX
+
+if [ -n "$PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME_SUFFIX" ]; then
+    PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME="${PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME}_${PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME_SUFFIX}"
+    PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME="${PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME}_${PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME_SUFFIX}"
+fi
+
+rm -f .env
+touch .env
+echo "COMPOSE_PROJECT_NAME="$PORTAINER_PROJECT_NAME >> .env
+echo "PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME="$PORTAINER_CONTAINER_NAME >> .env
+
+if [ -f "config" ]; then
+    CONFIG_EXISTS="true"
+    read -p "Config file 'config' already exists! Would you like to use this? (y/n)" USE_EXISTING_CONFIG
+fi
+
+if [ $CONFIG_EXISTS == "false" ] || [ $USE_EXISTING_CONFIG == "n" ]; then
+    read -p "Enter portainer version which should be used: " PORTAINER_VERSION
+    read -p "Enter host (vm) ip address on which portainer should be accessible: " PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS
+    read -p "Enter host (vm) port on which portainer should be accessible: " PORTAINER_HOST_PORT
+
+    rm -f config
+    touch config
+    echo "PORTAINER_VERSION="$PORTAINER_VERSION >> config
+    echo "PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS="$PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS >> config
+    echo "PORTAINER_HOST_PORT="$PORTAINER_HOST_PORT >> config
+
+    echo "Config file 'config' created!"
+else
+    echo "Use existing config file 'config'!"
+fi
+
+cat "config" >> ".env"
+
+read -p "Should the config file 'config' be deleted after creating the container? (y/n)" DELETE_CONFIG
+
+docker-compose up -d
+
+echo -n "Wait until portainer is ready ..."
+
+while [[ "$(curl -fLs -w ''%{http_code}'' $PORTAINER_HOST_IP_ADDRESS:$PORTAINER_HOST_PORT -o /dev/null)" != "200" ]] ; do
+    echo -n "."
+    sleep 1
+done
+
+echo -e "\nPortainer is ready!"
+
+if [ $DELETE_CONFIG == "y" ]; then
+    rm -f config
+
+    echo "Config file 'config' deleted!"
+fi
+
+rm -f .env
+
+echo "Done!"