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Docker: Starting and Stopping Containers

Docker is one of the powerful tools for managing containers, and you can easily manage containers using the command line. Here, we want to address how to start containers. In Docker, each container is a sample of an image that is executed to run your program. When you create a container, you can stop it and restart it again.

One of the commands used in the command line to start a container is docker start. This command allows you to restart containers that have been stopped. In Docker, containers can be stopped at any time, and this gives you the opportunity to better manage your necessary resources.

To start a container using docker start, it is only enough to specify the name or identifier of the container. This action allows you to easily reactivate the container and run your program. You can also start multiple containers simultaneously with this command.

Let’s look at a real example. Suppose you have a container named my_container that has been stopped. Using the command docker start my_container, you can restart this container. This method is very simple and efficient, allowing developers to use it to manage their applications.

Code Example

docker start my_container
docker start container1 container2

Code Explanation

• docker start my_container: This command will start the container named my_container.


• docker start container1 container2: This command will simultaneously start two containers container1 and container2.