Working with Docker Container - Setting the restart policy on a container

Setting the restart policy on a container

Restart policy is added with the run command with flags to specify the restart policy. With this policy, we can configure containers to start at boot time. This option is also very useful when a container dies accidentally.

Syntax:docker run --restart=POLICY [ OPTIONS ]  IMAGE[:TAG]  [COMMAND]  [ARG...] 

root@Docker:~# docker run --restart=always -d -i -t centos /bin/bash
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Options: 
no            : This does not start the container if it dies
on-failure : This restarts the container if it fails with nonzero exit code
always     : This always restarts the container without worrying about the return code

You can also give an optional restart count with the on-failure policy as follows:

root@Docker:~# docker run --restart=on-failure:3 -d -i -t centos /bin/bash
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For help with the docker run use --help