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---
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description: Automatically restart a container in Docker Cloud
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keywords: container, restart, automated
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redirect_from:
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- /docker-cloud/feature-reference/autorestart/
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title: Restart a container automatically
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---
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**Autorestart** is a service-level setting that can automatically start your
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containers if they stop or crash. You can use this setting as an automatic crash
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recovery mechanism.
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Autorestart uses Docker's `--autorestart` flag. When called, the Docker daemon
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attempts to restart the container until it succeeds. If the first restart
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attempts fail, the daemon continues to attempt a restart, but uses an
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incremental back-off algorithm.
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The following Autorestart options are available:
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- `OFF`: the container does not restart, regardless of the exit code.
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- `ON_FAILURE`: the container restarts *only* if it stops with an exit code other than 0. (0 is for normal shutdown.)
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- `ALWAYS`: the container restarts automatically, regardless of the exit code.
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> **Note**: If you are using **Autorestart** set to `ALWAYS`, **Autodestroy** must be set to `OFF`.
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If the Docker daemon in a node restarts (because it was upgraded, or because the
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underlying node was restarted), the daemon only restarts containers that
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have **Autorestart** set to `ALWAYS`.
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## Launching a Service with Autorestart
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You can enable **Autorestart** on the **Service configuration** step of the **Launch new service wizard**.
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Autorestart is set to `OFF` by default, which means that autorestart is *deactivated*.
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### Using the API and CLI
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You can set the **Autorestart** option when launching a service through the
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API and through the CLI. Autorestart is set to `OFF` by default.
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#### Set autorestart using the API
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```
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POST /api/app/v1/service/ HTTP/1.1
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{
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"autorestart": "ON_FAILURE",
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[...]
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}
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```
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#### Set autorestart using the CLI
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```
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$ docker-cloud service run --autorestart ON_FAILURE [...]
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```
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See our [API documentation](/apidocs/docker-cloud.md) for more information.
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## Enabling autorestart on an already deployed service
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You can activate or deactivate **Autorestart** on a service after it has been deployed by editing the service.
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1. Go to the service detail page.
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2. Click **Edit**.
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3. Choose the autorestart option to apply.
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4. Click **Save**.
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### Using the API and CLI
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You can change the **Autorestart** setting after the service has been deployed using the API or CLI.
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#### Enable autorestart using the API
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```
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PATCH /api/app/v1/service/(uuid)/ HTTP/1.1
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{
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"autorestart": "ALWAYS",
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}
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```
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#### Enable autorestart using the CLI
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```
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$ docker-cloud service set --autorestart ALWAYS (name or uuid)
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```
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See the [API documentation](/apidocs/docker-cloud.md) for more information.
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