---
title: "Restart a container"
method: POST
path: "/containers/{id}/restart"
tags: ["Containers"]
---

# Restart a container

`POST /containers/{id}/restart`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.hypamoon.com/api/v1`
- URL: `https://api.hypamoon.com/api/v1/containers/{id}/restart`
- Auth: one of:
  - HTTP bearer
  - OAuth 2 (authorization code, authorization URL `https://app.hypamoon.com/oauth/authorize`, token URL `https://api.hypamoon.com/oauth/token`, scopes: `sites:write`)

Restarts the instances of the live version and waits until health_path answers 2xx.

## Path parameters

- `id` string, uuid, required

## Response `200`

The container, healthy again.

- object
  - `id` string, uuid, required
  - `site_id` string, uuid, required
  - `name` string, required
  - `url` string, required
  - `mode` 'live' | 'test', required
  - `status` 'deploying' | 'running' | 'failed' | 'suspended', required
  - `suspended` object
    - `reason` 'blocked' | 'site_offline' | 'plan' | 'balance', required
    - `since` string, required
    - `next_step` string, required
  - `version` integer, required: The live version; 0 until the first deploy is live.
  - `instance_type` string, required
  - `instances` integer, required
  - `always_on` boolean, required
  - `sleep_after` string, required
  - `port` integer, required
  - `health_path` string, required
  - `allowed_hosts` string[], required
  - `secrets` string[], required
  - `env_secrets` object[], required
    - `secret` string, required
    - `as` string, required
  - `env_names` string[], required: Names of the plain environment variables (never the values of secrets).
  - `created_at` string, required
  - `updated_at` string, required

## Other responses

- `401`: Unauthorized: unauthorized, missing_api_key, invalid_api_key, api_key_revoked, project_deleted.
- `403`: Forbidden: project_not_enabled, key_mode_mismatch, missing_scope, verification_required.
- `404`: Not Found: not_found.
- `409`: Conflict: conflict.
- `429`: Too Many Requests: rate_limited.
- `500`: Internal Server Error: internal_error.
- `503`: Service Unavailable: service_unavailable, container_unhealthy.

---

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