podman-start(1)             General Commands Manual            podman-start(1)

NAME
       podman-start - Start one or more containers


SYNOPSIS
       podman start [options] container ...


       podman container start [options] container ...


DESCRIPTION
       Start one or more containers using container IDs or names as input.
       The attach and interactive options cannot be used to override the --tty
       and --interactive options from when the container was created. Starting
       an already running container with the --attach option, Podman simply
       attaches to the container.


OPTIONS
   --all
       Start all the containers, default is only running containers.


   --attach, -a
       Attach container's STDOUT and STDERR.  The default is false. This
       option cannot be used when starting multiple containers.


   --detach-keys=sequence
       Specify the key sequence for detaching a container. Format is a single
       character [a-Z] or one or more ctrl-<value> characters where <value> is
       one of: a-z, @, ^, [, , or _. Specifying "" disables this feature. The
       default is ctrl-p,ctrl-q.


       This option can also be set in containers.conf(5) file.


   --filter, -f
       Filter what containers are going to be started from the given
       arguments.  Multiple filters can be given with multiple uses of the
       --filter flag.  Filters with the same key work inclusive with the only
       exception being label which is exclusive. Filters with different keys
       always work exclusive.


       Valid filters are listed below:


       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |Filter   | Description                   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |id       | [ID] Container's ID (CID      |
       |         | prefix match by default;      |
       |         | accepts regex)                |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |name     | [Name] Container's name       |
       |         | (accepts regex)               |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |label    | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label    |
       |         | assigned to a container       |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |exited   | [Int] Container's exit code   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |status   | [Status] Container's status:  |
       |         | 'created', 'exited',          |
       |         | 'paused', 'running',          |
       |         | 'unknown'                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |ancestor | [ImageName] Image or          |
       |         | descendant used to create     |
       |         | container                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |before   | [ID] or [Name] Containers     |
       |         | created before this container |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |since    | [ID] or [Name] Containers     |
       |         | created since this container  |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |volume   | [VolumeName] or               |
       |         | [MountpointDestination]       |
       |         | Volume mounted in container   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |health   | [Status] healthy or unhealthy |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |pod      | [Pod] name or full or partial |
       |         | ID of pod                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |network  | [Network] name or full ID of  |
       |         | network                       |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |until    | [DateTime] Containers created |
       |         | before the given duration or  |
       |         | time.                         |
       +---------+-------------------------------+

   --interactive, -i
       When set to true, keep stdin open even if not attached. The default is
       false.


   --latest, -l
       Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created
       container.  Note: the last started container can be from other users of
       Podman on the host machine.  (This option is not available with the
       remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2)
       machines)


   --sig-proxy
       Proxy received signals to the container process. SIGCHLD, SIGURG,
       SIGSTOP, and SIGKILL are not proxied.


       The default is true when attaching, false otherwise.


EXAMPLE
       Start specified container:

       podman start mywebserver



       Start multiple containers:

       podman start 860a4b231279 5421ab43b45



       Start specified container in interactive mode with terminal attached:

       podman start --interactive --attach 860a4b231279



       Start last created container in interactive mode (This option is not
       available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows
       (excluding WSL2) machines):

       podman start -i -l



SEE ALSO
       podman(1)


HISTORY
       November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude bbaude@redhat.com
       <mailto:bbaude@redhat.com>

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