Exec Start

POST /exec/(id)/start

Starts a previously set up exec instance id. If detach is true, this API returns after starting the exec command. Otherwise, this API sets up an interactive session with the exec command.

Example request:

POST /exec/e90e34656806/start HTTP/1.1
Content-Type: application/json

{
 "Detach": false,
 "Tty": false
}

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 201 OK
Content-Type: application/json

{{ STREAM }}

Json Parameters:

• Detach - Detach from the exec command.

• Tty - Boolean value to allocate a pseudo-TTY.

Status Codes:

• 200 – no error

• 404 – no such exec instance

• 409 - container is paused

  Stream details: Similar to the stream behavior of POST /container/(id)/attach API