How to start a stopped container on the Docker Engine with "docker container start" command?

In order to use the "docker container start" or "docker start" command, we need to know the container ID or name.

1. Get the ID or name of a stopped container from the output of the "docker container list --all" command:

$ docker container list --all

CONTAINER ID  IMAGE        COMMAND            CREATED      STATUS                  NAMES
96ce071457fc  hello-world  "/hello"           6 hours ago  Exited (0) 6 hours ago  gracious_wilson
e744e7509b13  tomcat       "catalina.sh run"  8 hours ago  Exited (1) 8 hours ago  blissful_herschel

2. Start a container by name:

$ docker container start gracious_wilson
gracious_wilson

$ docker ps
CONTAINER ID  IMAGE        COMMAND   CREATED      STATUS        NAMES
96ce071457fc  hello-world  "/hello"  6 hours ago  Up 8 seconds  gracious_wilson

3. Stop a container by ID:

$ docker container stop 96ce071457fc
gracious_wilson

$ docker container list --all 
CONTAINER ID  IMAGE        COMMAND   CREATED      STATUS                    NAMES
96ce071457fc  hello-world  "/hello"  6 hours ago  Exited (0) 7 seconds ago  gracious_wilson

⇒ "docker container rm" - Remove Container

⇐ "docker container list --all" - List All Containers

⇑ Docker Client (or CLI) on Ubuntu

⇑⇑ Docker Container Platform - Tutorials