The **`docker start` command** is one of the basic commands that has formed Docker's foundation. The command is used to start one or more stopped Docker containers​.

The command template to start a container on Docker is:
```console
docker start [options] [container_name/container_id]
```

Stopping a started container is just as simple with:
```console
docker stop [options] [container_name/container_id]
```

When a container successfully starts or stops, the container id is displayed in the next line. The example below shows this when we start and stop the container with id `aasrf12ji340`:
```console
root@educative:/# docker start aasrf12ji340
aasrf12ji340
root@educative:/# docker stop aasrf12ji340
aasrf12ji340
```


What is the Docker start command?

Used to start one or more stopped Docker containers with "docker start [options] [container_name/container_id]".