watchtower/README.md

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  Watchtower
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## Quick Start

With watchtower you can update the running version of your containerized app simply by pushing a new image to the Docker Hub or your own image registry. Watchtower will pull down your new image, gracefully shut down your existing container and restart it with the same options that were used when it was deployed initially. Run the watchtower container with the following command:

```
$ docker run -d \
    --name watchtower \
    -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
    containrrr/watchtower
```

## Documentation
The full documentation is available at https://containrrr.github.io/watchtower.

## Contributors

Thanks goes to these wonderful people ([emoji key](https://allcontributors.org/docs/en/emoji-key)):

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    <td align="center"><a href="http://codelica.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/386101?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>James</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=Codelica" title="Tests">⚠️</a> <a href="#ideas-Codelica" title="Ideas, Planning, & Feedback">🤔</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://kopfkrieg.org"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/5047813?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Florian</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3AKopfKrieg" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=KopfKrieg" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/bdehamer"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/398027?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Brian DeHamer</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=bdehamer" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#maintenance-bdehamer" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/rosscado"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/16578183?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ross Cadogan</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=rosscado" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/stffabi"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/9464631?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>stffabi</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=stffabi" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#maintenance-stffabi" title="Maintenance">🚧</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/ATCUSA"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/3581228?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Austin</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=ATCUSA" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://labs.ctl.io"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/6181487?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>David Gardner</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Adavidgardner11" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a> <a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=davidgardner11" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/dolanor"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/928722?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Tanguy ⧓ Herrmann</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=dolanor" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/rdamazio"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/997641?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Rodrigo Damazio Bovendorp</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=rdamazio" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=rdamazio" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.taisun.io/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/1852688?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Ryan Kuba</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-thelamer" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/cnrmck"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/22061955?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>cnrmck</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=cnrmck" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://harrywalter.co.uk"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/338588?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Harry Walter</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=haswalt" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://projectsperanza.com"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/74515?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Robotex</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=Robotex" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://geraldpape.io"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1494211?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Gerald Pape</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=ubergesundheit" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/svengo"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/2502366?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Sven Gottwald</b></sub></a><br /><a href="#infra-svengo" title="Infrastructure (Hosting, Build-Tools, etc)">🚇</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://liberapay.com/techknowlogick/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/164197?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>techknowlogick</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=techknowlogick" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://log.c5t.org/about/"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1449568?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>waja</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=waja" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://scottalbertson.com"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/154463?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Scott Albertson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=salbertson" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/huddlesj"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/11966535?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Jason Huddleston</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=huddlesj" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://npstr.space/"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/6048348?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Napster</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=napstr" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/darknode"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/809429?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Maxim</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=darknode" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=darknode" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://schmitt.cat"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/17984549?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Max Schmitt</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=mxschmitt" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/cron410"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/3082899?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>cron410</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=cron410" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/Cardoso222"><img src="https://avatars3.githubusercontent.com/u/7026517?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Paulo Henrique</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=Cardoso222" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://coded.io"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/107097?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Kaleb Elwert</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=belak" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://github.com/wmbutler"><img src="https://avatars1.githubusercontent.com/u/1254810?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Bill Butler</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=wmbutler" title="Documentation">📖</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="https://www.mariotacke.io"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/4942019?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Mario Tacke</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=mariotacke" title="Code">💻</a></td>
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    <td align="center"><a href="https://markwoodbridge.com"><img src="https://avatars2.githubusercontent.com/u/1101318?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Mark Woodbridge</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=mrw34" title="Code">💻</a></td>
    <td align="center"><a href="http://www.arcticbit.se"><img src="https://avatars0.githubusercontent.com/u/1596025?v=4" width="100px;" alt=""/><br /><sub><b>Simon Aronsson</b></sub></a><br /><a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/commits?author=simskij" title="Code">💻</a> <a href="#maintenance-simskij" title="Maintenance">🚧</a> <a href="https://github.com/containrrr/watchtower/pulls?q=is%3Apr+reviewed-by%3Asimskij" title="Reviewed Pull Requests">👀</a></td>
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