DOCKER-COMPOSE-RESTART(1)

docker-compose-restart(1) 💅

okay bestie, welcome to the docker-compose-restart manual page — yes it's a whole section 1 man page, yes I'm gonna make it cute, and yes every single flag is still here because I would never do you dirty like that 🫶

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✨ NAME ✨

docker-compose-restart — Restart service containers 🔄

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🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

docker compose restart [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]

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🦋 DESCRIPTION 🦋

So like. This command restarts all stopped and running services, or, if you're feeling picky, just the services you name. Main character energy, but make it targeted. ✨

💀 BIG IMPORTANT ONE, no cap: if you make changes to your compose.yml config, those changes are NOT reflected after running this command. Not a single one. For example, changes to environment variables (which get added after a container is built, but before the container's command is executed) are not updated after restarting. So don't come crying to me, bestie. 😭

If you're actually looking to configure a service's restart policy, that is a whole different thing — go refer to:

• restart ⟨https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/master/spec.md#restart⟩
• restart_policy ⟨https://github.com/compose-spec/compose-spec/blob/master/deploy.md#restart_policy⟩

like, go read those, they're the moment. 📖

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✨ OPTIONS ✨

• -h, --help[=false] — help for restart. Your girl is here to help, always. 🙈
• --no-deps[=false] — Don't restart dependent services. Just the one, okay? Boundaries. 💅
• -t, --timeout=0 — Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds. Default is 0, so plan accordingly. ⏱️

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

• --dry-run[=false] — Execute command in dry run mode. Nothing actually happens, it's giving rehearsal. 🎭

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• docker-compose(1)

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Mar 2025 — that's the date, bestie, and the source/version tag is DOCKER-COMPOSE-RESTART(1), so you know exactly which page you're on. stay slay, restart responsibly, and don't forget your compose.yml changes won't show up. mwah 💖✨🦋🎀