Docker Container Configuration

Internal

• Docker Concepts
• Docker Server Configuration

Overview

The container configuration resides under /var/lib/docker/containers/<container-id>. Note that these files must not be edited directly. Configuration can be changed retrieved with:

docker inspect

and can be changed with:

docker update

hostconfig.json

RestartPolicy

The container's restart policy specifies how container are restarted when the docker server is restarted.

{ ... "RestartPolicy":{"Name":"no","MaximumRetryCount":0}, ... }

Also see

Start a Container Automatically