tldr/pages/common/docker-compose-start.md

docker compose start

Start existing containers for services. More information: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/compose/start/.

• Start existing containers for all services:

docker compose start

• Start existing containers for one or more services:

docker compose start {{service1 service2 ...}}

• Simulate starting existing containers:

docker compose start --dry-run

• Start existing containers and wait for services to be running or healthy:

docker compose start --wait

• Start existing containers and wait up to a specified number of seconds:

docker compose start --wait --wait-timeout {{seconds}}