====== Docker - Containers - Start a Container ======

Containers are started using either the **docker start** command; or the **docker run** command.

<WRAP info>
  * **Docker Start**:  Launch a previously stopped container.
    * For example, if you had stopped a container with the command **''docker stop CONTAINER_ID''**, you can relaunch the same container with the command **''docker start CONTAINER_ID''**, and the data and settings will be the same.

  * **Docker run**:  Create a new container of an image, and execute the container.
    * You can create N clones of the same image.  The command is: **''docker run IMAGE_ID''** **and not** **''docker run CONTAINER_ID''**.

</WRAP>


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====== Start a Container ======

<code bash>
docker start nginx-container
</code>

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====== Start a Container by ID ======

Find the ID of the container using the **docker ps** command.

<code bash>
docker start ad6d2272092a
</code>

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====== Start Multiple Stopped Containers ======

<code bash>
docker start nginx-container httpd-container
</code>

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====== Start a new Docker Container from an Image ======

<code bash>
docker run -itd --name=nginx-container nginx
</code>