Is there a way to reboot a Windows Docker container?

Asked Jul 02 '20 at 14:19

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I know this defeats the point of containers, but does anyone know if there is a way to successfully reboot a Windows Docker container? I need to do this as we need to install "ServiceFabric Runtime" & "ServiceFabric SDK" onto our Azure DevOps build agents both of which require a reboot due to dependencies.

I managed to install both of these packages onto the container and I was able to run ServiceFabric commands successfully but as the container hasn't been rebooted "Azure DevOps" doesn't think the software is installed. If you run Get-WmiObject win32_product both of the ServiceFabric packages do not show as installed.

edited Jul 02 '20 at 14:21

jonrsharpe

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asked Jul 02 '20 at 14:19

Matt Taylor

Have you try `docker restart <> `? – abestrad Jul 02 '20 at 14:32
I have, didn't seem to do much. I think it restarted the last known layer rather than a full restart of the OS. – Matt Taylor Jul 02 '20 at 14:39
A very similar question has been answered [here](https://stackoverflow.com/a/39715448/5946937) – LoekD Jul 09 '20 at 04:59

Is there a way to reboot a Windows Docker container?

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