Description
Start one or more stopped containers
Docker start command will start any stopped container. If you used docker create command to create a container, you can start it with this command. Docker run command is a combination of create and start as it creates a new container and starts it immediately. Oct 04, 2019 The docker exec and docker attach commands allow you to connect to a running container. To get an interactive shell to a container, use the exec command to start a new shell session. The attach command attaches your terminal to a running container. If you have any questions, please leave a comment below.
Usage
- Sep 05, 2013 docker run -privileged -d -p 1234 -e PORT=1234 jpetazzo/dind Then use docker inspect to retrieve the public port allocated to that container, and give it to your user. They will be able to create containers on this “private Docker” by pointing their Docker client to the IP address and port that you gave them.
- 2 days ago Use the docker exec Command to Connect to a Running Container The docker exec is used to connect to a container that is already running. You can use the docker exec command to get a bash shell in the running container or run any command directly inside the container. Get a Bash Shell in the Container.
- Sep 29, 2017 And I did not think about docker pause and docker unpause, which might solve the stop-start pb. Gotta rush right now, but if volumerise could look for containers that would include the string yourprojectnameyourcontainername. and pause-unpause them might solve the issue.
Options
| Name, shorthand | Default | Description |
--attach , -a | Attach STDOUT/STDERR and forward signals | |
--checkpoint | experimental (daemon) Restore from this checkpoint | |
--checkpoint-dir | experimental (daemon) Use a custom checkpoint storage directory | |
--detach-keys | Override the key sequence for detaching a container | |
--interactive , -i | Attach container's STDIN |
Parent command
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| docker container | Manage containers |
Related commands
| Command | Description |
| docker container attach | Attach local standard input, output, and error streams to a running container |
| docker container commit | Create a new image from a container’s changes |
| docker container cp | Copy files/folders between a container and the local filesystem |
| docker container create | Create a new container |
| docker container diff | Inspect changes to files or directories on a container’s filesystem |
| docker container exec | Run a command in a running container |
| docker container export | Export a container’s filesystem as a tar archive |
| docker container inspect | Display detailed information on one or more containers |
| docker container kill | Kill one or more running containers |
| docker container logs | Fetch the logs of a container |
| docker container ls | List containers |
| docker container pause | Pause all processes within one or more containers |
| docker container port | List port mappings or a specific mapping for the container |
| docker container prune | Remove all stopped containers |
| docker container rename | Rename a container |
| docker container restart | Restart one or more containers |
| docker container rm | Remove one or more containers |
| docker container run | Run a command in a new container |
| docker container start | Start one or more stopped containers |
| docker container stats | Display a live stream of container(s) resource usage statistics |
| docker container stop | Stop one or more running containers |
| docker container top | Display the running processes of a container |
| docker container unpause | Unpause all processes within one or more containers |
| docker container update | Update configuration of one or more containers |
| docker container wait | Block until one or more containers stop, then print their exit codes |
If you are new to Docker and learning it by following various tutorials, you might come across the terms like start docker container, run docker container or create docker container.
These terms are enough to confuse a docker beginner because all three docker commands seem similar.
In fact, it is specially difficult to tell the difference between docker run and docker start.
Isn’t running a container the same as starting it? Not really.
Let me explain it to you.
Difference between Docker run, Docker start and Docker create
Here’s what these commands do:
Docker create command creates a fresh new container from a docker image. However, it doesn’t run it immediately.
Docker start command will start any stopped container. If you used docker create command to create a container, you can start it with this command.
Docker run command is a combination of create and start as it creates a new container and starts it immediately. In fact, the docker run command can even pull an image from Docker Hub if it doesn’t find the mentioned image on your system.
Let’s see it with examples so that things are more clear to you.
Let’s see it with examples
Make sure that you have installed Docker if you want to follow the examples.
Let’s say that you download the Ubuntu image from Docker Hub using docker pull ubuntu command.
You can see all the available docker images on your system. I have only ubuntu in this example (to avoid confusion):
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Now, create a new docker container named container-1 with the docker create command:
You can see that it has created a new container. If you try to see all the running containers, you won’t see container-1 because though it was created, it was never started.
If you check all the containers, irrespective of whether they are running or not, you’ll see that container-1 has Created status:
Now let’s use the docker run command to create and run a container named container-2:
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You can see that the container-2 is running as its status is Up:
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Let’s stop this running container:
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Now that we have a stopped container, you can start it again using the docker start command:
But what happens to the container-1 which was created using docker create command? You can start this container with docker start command and then use docker exec to run something specific with it.
I hope this article gave you a better understanding of docker run, docker start and docker create command. If you have questions or suggestion, please feel free to leave a comment below.
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