I first got my nginx docker image:
docker pull nginx
Then I started it:
docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx
Then I stopped it:
docker stop webserver
Then I tried to restart it:
$docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx
docker: Error response from daemon: Conflict. The container name "/webserver" is already in use by container 036a0bcd196c5b23431dcd9876cac62082063bf62a492145dd8a55141f4dfd74. You have to remove (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name..
See 'docker run --help'.
Well, it's an error. But in fact there's nothing in container list now:
docker container list
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
Why I restart nginx image failed? How to fix it?
It is because
--name switch. You find it stopped
docker ps -a
You can simply start it using below command:
docker start webserver
EDIT: Alternatives If you want to start the container with below command each time,
docker run -d -p 80:80 --name webserver nginx
then use one of the following:
method 1: use --rm switch i.e., container gets destroyed automatically as soon as it is stopped
docker run -d -p 80:80 --rm --name webserver nginx
method 2: remove it explicitly after stopping the container before starting the command that you are currently using.
docker stop <container name>
docker rm <container name>
As the error says.
You have to remove (or rename) that container to be able to reuse that name
This leaves you two options.
You may delete the container that is using the name "webserver" using the command
docker rm 036a0bcd196c5b23431dcd9876cac62082063bf62a492145dd8a55141f4dfd74
and retry.
It's better to remove the unwanted docker and reuse the name.
While the great answers are correct, they didn't actually solve the problem I was facing.
The solution is to wrap the docker run command with an additional check and either do a run or a stop + run (effectively restart with the new image) based on the result.
This achieves both of my goals:
#!/bin/bash
# Adapt the following 3 parameters to your specific case
NAME=myname
IMAGE=myimage
RUN_OPTIONS='-d -p 8080:80'
ContainerID="$(docker ps --filter name="$NAME" -q)"
if [[ ! -z "$ContainerID" ]]; then
echo "$NAME already running as container $ContainerID: stopping ..."
docker stop "$ContainerID"
fi
echo "Starting $NAME ..."
exec docker run --rm --name "$NAME" $RUN_OPTIONS "$IMAGE"
Now I can run (or stop + start if already running) the $NAME docker container in a idempotent way, without worrying about this possible failure.