% podman-start 1

## NAME
podman\-start - Start one or more containers

## SYNOPSIS
**podman start** [*options*] *container* ...

**podman container start** [*options*] *container* ...

## DESCRIPTION
Start one or more containers using container IDs or names as input.  The *attach* and *interactive*
options cannot be used to override the *--tty* and *--interactive* options from when the container
was created. Starting an already running container with the *--attach* option, Podman simply
attaches to the container.

## OPTIONS

#### **--all**

Start all the containers, default is only running containers.

#### **--attach**, **-a**

Attach container's STDOUT and STDERR.  The default is false. This option cannot be used when
starting multiple containers.

@@option detach-keys

#### **--filter**, **-f**

Filter what containers are going to be started from the given arguments.
Multiple filters can be given with multiple uses of the --filter flag.
Filters with the same key work inclusive with the only exception being
`label` which is exclusive. Filters with different keys always work exclusive.

Valid filters are listed below:

| **Filter** | **Description**                                                                                 |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| id         | [ID] Container's ID (CID prefix match by default; accepts regex)                                |
| name       | [Name] Container's name (accepts regex)                                                         |
| label      | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label assigned to a container                                              |
| exited     | [Int] Container's exit code                                                                     |
| status     | [Status] Container's status: 'created', 'initialized', 'exited', 'paused', 'running', 'unknown' |
| ancestor   | [ImageName] Image or descendant used to create container                                        |
| before     | [ID] or [Name] Containers created before this container                                         |
| since      | [ID] or [Name] Containers created since this container                                          |
| volume     | [VolumeName] or [MountpointDestination] Volume mounted in container                             |
| health     | [Status] healthy or unhealthy                                                                   |
| pod        | [Pod] name or full or partial ID of pod                                                         |
| network    | [Network] name or full ID of network                                                            |
| until      | [DateTime] Containers created before the given duration or time.                                |
| command    | [Command] the command the container is executing, only argv[0] is taken  |

@@option interactive

@@option latest

@@option sig-proxy

The default is **true** when attaching, **false** otherwise.

## EXAMPLE

Start specified container:
```
podman start mywebserver
```

Start multiple containers:
```
podman start 860a4b231279 5421ab43b45
```

Start specified container in interactive mode with terminal attached:
```
podman start --interactive --attach 860a4b231279
```

Start last created container in interactive mode (This option is not available with the remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines):
```
podman start -i -l
```

Start containers by label:
```
$ podman start --filter label=app=frontend
9351ccb3ef4272532bc0c188bd4f0ddfc2b0de217732cd108259ea126b014647
```
Start container by name:
```
$ podman start --filter name=backend-app1
93308911bd4769cda03b75eb7f56588e862e0ea3568f25e1e3defa4138b9b973
```

Start containers by status:
```
$ podman start --filter status=exited
f8e85f84a749b205fb602895afa6ec8a866045ff27b82f843033712c8b93a2c9
34f997d354017a0076402c3a79245a5b8bd11b597c84385bec25ae8941fd5238
47972eb04aa7c77705b597a929957d1e8a392e00b44c0a2a7f88a01f9f860d11
```
Start container by name:
```
$ podman start --filter name=backend-app1
93308911bd4769cda03b75eb7f56588e862e0ea3568f25e1e3defa4138b9b973
```

Start containers by volume:
```
$ podman start --filter volume=web-vol
4a3332649ed8bec1e0d82e113074b9a13d45582007aeac969c005992cc480a73
```
Start container by network:
```
$ podman start --filter network=web-net
4a3332649ed8bec1e0d82e113074b9a13d45582007aeac969c005992cc480a73
f8e85f84a749b205fb602895afa6ec8a866045ff27b82f843033712c8b93a2c9
```
Start container by ancestor:
```
$ podman start --filter ancestor=nginx
4a3332649ed8bec1e0d82e113074b9a13d45582007aeac969c005992cc480a73
47972eb04aa7c77705b597a929957d1e8a392e00b44c0a2a7f88a01f9f860d11
```

## SEE ALSO
**[podman(1)](podman.1.md)**

## HISTORY
November 2018, Originally compiled by Brent Baude <bbaude@redhat.com>