How do I restart Docker for Mac from the terminal?
DockerDocker for-MacDocker Problem Overview
Docker for Mac has a neat little 'restart' button in the dropdown from the whale icon in the menu bar.
I'd like to be able to restart Docker for Mac from the terminal, though. What command would I need to run?
Docker Solutions
Solution 1 - Docker
Specifically for Docker for Mac, because it's a "GUI" app, there's a workaround:
osascript -e 'quit app "Docker"'
Since you'd want to restart, here's the way to open it from the command line:
open -a Docker
There's probably a more symmetrical command to open using osascript
, but the open
command seems more common than the osascript
one.
Solution 2 - Docker
The following command worked for me:
killall Docker && open /Applications/Docker.app
Solution 3 - Docker
Docker takes a while to initialize.
osascript -e 'quit app "Docker"'; open -a Docker ; while [ -z "$(docker info 2> /dev/null )" ]; do printf "."; sleep 1; done; echo ""
Solution 4 - Docker
Looks like there is no way to perform this.
I found an official answer for the same question in:
https://forums.docker.com/t/restart-docker-from-command-line/9420/2
Hope they include this feature soon.
Regards