Docker Recreate

Docker CLI plugin for recreating docker containers while keeping their configuration (but updating their image).

Installation

1. Download docker-recreate for your platform from the latest release
2. Copy it to:
   • Windows: c:\Users\<your user>\.docker\cli-plugins\docker-recreate.exe
   • Mac and Linux: $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate
3. On Mac and Linux make it executable with chmod +x $HOME/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate

Or alternatively for Linux run the following:

mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
curl https://github.com/andreccosta/docker-recreate/releases/latest/download/docker-recreate-linux-amd64 -L -s -S -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate
chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate

Or for Mac:

mkdir -p ~/.docker/cli-plugins
curl https://github.com/andreccosta/docker-recreate/releases/latest/download/docker-recreate-darwin-amd64 -L -s -S -o ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate
chmod +x ~/.docker/cli-plugins/docker-recreate

Usage

docker recreate [-pull] NAME