github.com/sld880311/docker@v0.0.0-20200524143708-d5593973a475/docs/reference/commandline/update.md (about) 1 --- 2 title: "update" 3 description: "The update command description and usage" 4 keywords: "resources, update, dynamically" 5 --- 6 7 <!-- This file is maintained within the docker/docker Github 8 repository at https://github.com/docker/docker/. Make all 9 pull requests against that repo. If you see this file in 10 another repository, consider it read-only there, as it will 11 periodically be overwritten by the definitive file. Pull 12 requests which include edits to this file in other repositories 13 will be rejected. 14 --> 15 16 ## update 17 18 ```markdown 19 Usage: docker update [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] 20 21 Update configuration of one or more containers 22 23 Options: 24 --blkio-weight value Block IO (relative weight), between 10 and 1000 25 --cpu-period int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) period 26 --cpu-quota int Limit CPU CFS (Completely Fair Scheduler) quota 27 -c, --cpu-shares int CPU shares (relative weight) 28 --cpu-rt-period int Limit the CPU real-time period in microseconds 29 --cpu-rt-runtime int Limit the CPU real-time runtime in microseconds 30 --cpuset-cpus string CPUs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) 31 --cpuset-mems string MEMs in which to allow execution (0-3, 0,1) 32 --help Print usage 33 --kernel-memory string Kernel memory limit 34 -m, --memory string Memory limit 35 --memory-reservation string Memory soft limit 36 --memory-swap string Swap limit equal to memory plus swap: '-1' to enable unlimited swap 37 --restart string Restart policy to apply when a container exits 38 ``` 39 40 ## Description 41 42 The `docker update` command dynamically updates container configuration. 43 You can use this command to prevent containers from consuming too many 44 resources from their Docker host. With a single command, you can place 45 limits on a single container or on many. To specify more than one container, 46 provide space-separated list of container names or IDs. 47 48 With the exception of the `--kernel-memory` option, you can specify these 49 options on a running or a stopped container. On kernel version older than 50 4.6, you can only update `--kernel-memory` on a stopped container or on 51 a running container with kernel memory initialized. 52 53 ## Examples 54 55 The following sections illustrate ways to use this command. 56 57 ### Update a container's cpu-shares 58 59 To limit a container's cpu-shares to 512, first identify the container 60 name or ID. You can use `docker ps` to find these values. You can also 61 use the ID returned from the `docker run` command. Then, do the following: 62 63 ```bash 64 $ docker update --cpu-shares 512 abebf7571666 65 ``` 66 67 ### Update a container with cpu-shares and memory 68 69 To update multiple resource configurations for multiple containers: 70 71 ```bash 72 $ docker update --cpu-shares 512 -m 300M abebf7571666 hopeful_morse 73 ``` 74 75 ### Update a container's kernel memory constraints 76 77 You can update a container's kernel memory limit using the `--kernel-memory` 78 option. On kernel version older than 4.6, this option can be updated on a 79 running container only if the container was started with `--kernel-memory`. 80 If the container was started *without* `--kernel-memory` you need to stop 81 the container before updating kernel memory. 82 83 For example, if you started a container with this command: 84 85 ```bash 86 $ docker run -dit --name test --kernel-memory 50M ubuntu bash 87 ``` 88 89 You can update kernel memory while the container is running: 90 91 ```bash 92 $ docker update --kernel-memory 80M test 93 ``` 94 95 If you started a container *without* kernel memory initialized: 96 97 ```bash 98 $ docker run -dit --name test2 --memory 300M ubuntu bash 99 ``` 100 101 Update kernel memory of running container `test2` will fail. You need to stop 102 the container before updating the `--kernel-memory` setting. The next time you 103 start it, the container uses the new value. 104 105 Kernel version newer than (include) 4.6 does not have this limitation, you 106 can use `--kernel-memory` the same way as other options. 107 108 ### Update a container's restart policy 109 110 You can change a container's restart policy on a running container. The new 111 restart policy takes effect instantly after you run `docker update` on a 112 container. 113 114 To update restart policy for one or more containers: 115 116 ```bash 117 $ docker update --restart=on-failure:3 abebf7571666 hopeful_morse 118 ``` 119 120 Note that if the container is started with "--rm" flag, you cannot update the restart 121 policy for it. The `AutoRemove` and `RestartPolicy` are mutually exclusive for the 122 container.