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Docker containers can be started, stopped and restarted. When you stop a container, it's not removed but the status is changed to stopped and the process inside of the container is stopped. When you ran the `docker ps` command, the default output is to only show running containers. If you pass the `--all` or `-a` for short, you will see all containers on your system, including stopped containers and running containers.

```console
$ docker ps --all

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE            COMMAND                  CREATED              STATUS                      PORTS     NAMES
d75e61fcad1e   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        About a minute ago   Exited (2) 23 seconds ago             inspiring_ishizaka
f65dbbb9a548   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        3 minutes ago        Exited (2) 2 minutes ago              wizardly_joliot
aade1bf3d330   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        3 minutes ago        Exited (2) 3 minutes ago              magical_carson
52d5ce3c15f0   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        9 minutes ago        Exited (2) 3 minutes ago              gifted_mestorf
```

If you’ve been following along, you should see several containers listed. These are containers that you started and stopped but haven't removed yet.

Restart the container that you have just stopped. Locate the name of the container and replace the name of the container in the following `restart` command:

```console
$ docker restart inspiring_ishizaka
```

Now, list all the containers again using the `ps` command:

```console
$ docker ps -a

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE            COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                     PORTS                    NAMES
d75e61fcad1e   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        2 minutes ago    Up 5 seconds               0.0.0.0:8080->8080/tcp   inspiring_ishizaka
f65dbbb9a548   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        4 minutes ago    Exited (2) 2 minutes ago                            wizardly_joliot
aade1bf3d330   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        4 minutes ago    Exited (2) 4 minutes ago                            magical_carson
52d5ce3c15f0   docker-gs-ping   "/docker-gs-ping"        10 minutes ago   Exited (2) 4 minutes ago                            gifted_mestorf
```

Notice that the container you just restarted has been started in detached mode and has port `8080` exposed. Also, note that the status of the container is `Up X seconds`. When you restart a container, it will be started with the same flags or commands that it was originally started with.
Title: Restarting Docker Containers and Verifying Status
Summary
This section demonstrates how to restart a stopped Docker container using the `docker restart` command and verifies its status using `docker ps -a`. Restarting a container uses the same flags as the original `docker run` command. It shows that the restarted container is running in detached mode and exposes the defined ports.