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Restart a docker container periodically with docker-compose
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docker-compose.yml
version: '3'
services:
app:
image: nginx:alpine
ports: ["80:80"]
restart: unless-stopped
restarter:
image: docker:cli
volumes: ["/var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock"]
command: ["/bin/sh", "-c", "while true; do sleep 86400; docker restart app_app_1; done"]
restart: unless-stopped
@kipusoep

kipusoep commented May 30, 2025

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@BulldozerPete it's not an error, there are just no logs for the container.

@mrjianlucah

mrjianlucah commented Jan 28, 2026

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Thanks a lot!

@nicksterious

nicksterious commented Jun 22, 2026

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Watch out, some containers don't exit gracefully and will generate core dumps on the host, systemd doesn't delete old files if set to keep the dumps. This will gradually fill up the host drive with dump files until the point where you can't connect and will need to reboot into rescue mode to fix it.

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BobbyGalere commented Jul 20, 2026

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Hi, thanks for this!!!

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