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Late arrival but in case it helps:
I'm 100% self taught. I'd never used Linux before I got my first Pi & struggled to get Nextcloudpi working, which I did eventually. But support came to an end so maintenance was going to become an issue so I had to learn.
I found this excellent video on how to read Docker requirements & apply them step by step into Portainer. He explains slowly & methodically exactly what he is doing & why.
Portainer is a method of handling Docker stacks/containers via a web UI. Both Docker & Portainer are simple to install.
It's easier to use Docker Compose files and/or .env (environment variable) files (both are even simpler to deploy through Portainer) but this video taught me what was going on & gave me confidence to have a go. What attracted me to Docker is you can easily remove stacks/containers if/when you make a mess rather than wiping the drive & start again, which is how I went about things initially.
This gave me the tools to set up Nginx Proxy Manager & I never looked back. Highly recommend a robust backup solution as stuff will inevitably go wrong along the way (I see Borg, Restic mentioned often, I went for Kopia).
I can't recommend highly enough making detailed notes along the way. I rely on my Joplin notes all the time.
One more tip. Once you start using Docker, dont fall into the trap of using the "latest" tag. If you know the version number its far easier to re-deploy if an update is bad.
Enjoy your new time consuming, teeth clenching, frustrating ...and rewarding hobby 👍