docker compose restart


Restart service containers

Usage

$ docker compose restart [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]

Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS for this command.

Description

Restarts all stopped and running services, or the specified services only.

If you make changes to your compose.yml configuration, these changes are not reflected after running this command. For example, changes to environment variables (which are added after a container is built, but before the container’s command is executed) are not updated after restarting.

If you are looking to configure a service’s restart policy, please refer to restart or restart_policy.

Options

Name, shorthand Default Description
--no-deps Don’t restart dependent services.
--timeout , -t 10 Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds
--dry-run Execute command in dry run mode

Parent command

Command Description
docker compose Docker Compose
Command Description
docker compose build Build or rebuild services
docker compose config Parse, resolve and render compose file in canonical format
docker compose cp Copy files/folders between a service container and the local filesystem
docker compose create Creates containers for a service.
docker compose down Stop and remove containers, networks
docker compose events Receive real time events from containers.
docker compose exec Execute a command in a running container.
docker compose images List images used by the created containers
docker compose kill Force stop service containers.
docker compose logs View output from containers
docker compose ls List running compose projects
docker compose pause Pause services
docker compose port Print the public port for a port binding.
docker compose ps List containers
docker compose pull Pull service images
docker compose push Push service images
docker compose restart Restart service containers
docker compose rm Removes stopped service containers
docker compose run Run a one-off command on a service.
docker compose start Start services
docker compose stop Stop services
docker compose top Display the running processes
docker compose unpause Unpause services
docker compose up Create and start containers
docker compose version Show the Docker Compose version information