How to continue a Docker container which has exited

Question

Consider:

docker run -it centos /bin/bash

I pressed Ctrl+D to exit it.

I wa

Answer 1

These commands will work for any container (not only last exited ones). This way will work even after your system has rebooted. To do so, these commands will use "container id".

Steps:

1. List all dockers by using this command and note the container id of the container you want to restart: docker ps -a

2. Start your container using container id: docker start <container_id>

3. Attach and run your container: docker attach <container_id>

NOTE: Works on linux

Answer 2

Follow these steps:

1. Run below command to see that all the container services both running and stopped on. Option -a is given to see that the container stops as well

   docker ps -a
   

2. Then start the docker container either by container_id or container tag names

   docker start <CONTAINER_ID> or <NAMES>
   

   Say from the above picture, container id 4b161b302337
   So command to be run is

   docker start 4b161b302337
   

3. One can verify whether the container is running with

   docker ps
   

Answer 3

docker start `docker ps -a | awk '{print $1}'`

This will start up all the containers that are in the 'Exited' state

Answer 4

If you want to continue exactly one Docker container with a known name:

docker start  `docker ps -a -q --filter "name=elas"`