commands.sh

docker container update

all

Update configuration of Docker containers. Note: This command is not supported for Windows containers.

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Options (2)

boolean

Update restart policy to apply when a specific container exits

Example: docker {{[update|container update]}} --restart {{always|no|on-failure|unless-stopped}} {{container_name}}
-m, --memoryboolean

Update the memory limit in [M]egabytes for a specific container

Example: docker {{[update|container update]}} {{[-m|--memory]}} {{limit}}M {{container_name}}

Examples (6)

Update restart policy to apply when a specific container exits

docker [update|container update] --restart always|no|on-failure|unless-stopped container_name

Update the policy to restart up to three times a specific container when it exits with non-zero exit status

docker [update|container update] --restart on-failure:3 container_name

Update the number of CPUs available to a specific container

docker [update|container update] --cpus count container_name

Update the memory limit in [M]egabytes for a specific container

docker [update|container update] [-m|--memory] limitM container_name

Update the maximum number of process IDs allowed inside a specific container (use `-1` for unlimited)

docker [update|container update] --pids-limit count container_name

Update the amount of memory in [M]egabytes a specific container can swap to disk (use `-1` for unlimited)

docker [update|container update] --memory-swap limitM container_name
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