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3rd chunk of `content/guides/rust/run-containers.md`
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You can start, stop, and restart Docker containers. When you stop a container, it's not removed, but the status is changed to stopped and the process inside the container is stopped. When you ran the `docker ps` command in the previous module, the default output only shows running containers. When you pass the `--all` or `-a` for short, you see all containers on your machine, irrespective of their start or stop status.

```console
$ docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                   COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                      PORTS
     NAMES
3074745e412c   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            3 minutes ago    Exited (0) 6 seconds ago
     wonderful_kalam
6cfa26e2e3c9   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            14 minutes ago   Exited (0) 5 minutes ago
     friendly_montalcini
4cbe94b2ea0e   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            15 minutes ago   Exited (0) 14 minutes ago
     tender_bose
```

You should now see several containers listed. These are containers that you started and stopped but you haven't removed.

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

```console
$ docker restart wonderful_kalam
```

Now list all the containers again using the `docker ps` command.

```console
$ docker ps --all
CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                   COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                      PORTS
     NAMES
3074745e412c   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            6 minutes ago    Up 4 seconds                0.0.0.0:3001->8000/tcp           wonderful_kalam
6cfa26e2e3c9   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            16 minutes ago   Exited (0) 7 minutes ago
     friendly_montalcini
4cbe94b2ea0e   docker-rust-image       "/bin/server"            18 minutes ago   Exited (0) 17 minutes ago
     tender_bose
```

Notice that the container you just restarted has been started in detached mode. Also, observe the status of the container is "Up X seconds". When you restart a container, it starts with the same flags or commands that it was originally started with.

Now, stop and remove all of your containers and take a look at fixing the random naming issue. Stop the container you just started. Find the name of your running container and replace the name in the following command with the name of the container on your system.
Title: Restarting and Managing Docker Containers
Summary
This section demonstrates how to restart a stopped Docker container using the `docker restart` command. It explains that restarting a container starts it with the same configuration it had previously. The section then transitions into preparing for further container management by stopping the currently running container in preparation for addressing the random naming issue.