.TH "DOCKER" "1" " Docker User Manuals" "Docker Community" "JUNE 2014"  ""


.SH NAME
.PP
docker\-start \- Start one or more stopped containers


.SH SYNOPSIS
.PP
\fBdocker start\fP
[\fB\-a\fP|\fB\-\-attach\fP[=\fIfalse\fP]]
[\fB\-\-help\fP]
[\fB\-i\fP|\fB\-\-interactive\fP[=\fIfalse\fP]]
CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]


.SH DESCRIPTION
.PP
Start one or more stopped containers.


.SH OPTIONS
.PP
\fB\-a\fP, \fB\-\-attach\fP=\fItrue\fP|\fIfalse\fP
   Attach container's STDOUT and STDERR and forward all signals to the process. The default is \fIfalse\fP.

.PP
\fB\-\-help\fP
  Print usage statement

.PP
\fB\-i\fP, \fB\-\-interactive\fP=\fItrue\fP|\fIfalse\fP
   Attach container's STDIN. The default is \fIfalse\fP.


.SH See also
.PP
\fBdocker\-stop(1)\fP to stop a running container.


.SH HISTORY
.PP
April 2014, Originally compiled by William Henry (whenry at redhat dot com)
based on docker.com source material and internal work.
June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit 
\[la]SvenDowideit@home.org.au\[ra]