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blindsnowmobile
blindsnowmobile

Reputation: 4308

What's the difference between "docker start" and "docker restart"?

As it relates to stopping/starting a container?

After stopping a container:

docker stop <container id>

It seems like I can run either "start" or "restart" to bring it back up. I'm wondering if there is any difference, or if they are functionally equivalent:

docker restart <container id>
docker start <container id>

Upvotes: 24

Views: 12600

Answers (1)

programmerq
programmerq

Reputation: 6554

The docker restart command will issue a stop and then a start. If the container is already stopped, it is functionally the same as docker start. The difference is if you are trying to do the operation on a container that may or may not be running, docker restart is more robust in this situation.

Upvotes: 38

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