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The [[Docker_Concepts#Restart_Policy|restart policy]] can be specified when the container is started with <tt>[[Docker_run#--restart|--restart=always]]</tt> flag.  
The [[Docker_Concepts#Restart_Policy|restart policy]] can be specified when the container is started with <tt>[[Docker_run#--restart|--restart=always]]</tt> flag.  


The container configuration may also be edited directly and the restart policy specified in <tt>/var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>/hostconfig.json</tt> as:
<font color=red>This does not seem to work with docker 1.7.1, I get the old configuration, even if I stop before editing.</font>The container configuration may also be edited directly and the restart policy specified in <tt>/var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>/hostconfig.json</tt> as:


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The restart policy can be specified when the container is started with --restart=always flag.

This does not seem to work with docker 1.7.1, I get the old configuration, even if I stop before editing.The container configuration may also be edited directly and the restart policy specified in /var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>/hostconfig.json as:

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"RestartPolicy":{"Name":"always","MaximumRetryCount":0},
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