# Is it safe to reboot with Discourse running?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [December 6, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272 "2019-12-06T15:32:06Z")
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### Author: ![Ed\_S](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/ed_s/32/134015_2.png) [@Ed\_S](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Ed_S)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2019, 3:32pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272/1 "2019-12-06T15:32:06Z")

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Is it safe to reboot the host without first stopping the app explicitly?

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### Author: ![Stephen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/stephen/32/95011_2.png) [@Stephen](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Stephen)
#### Post date: [December 6, 2019, 3:44pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272/2 "2019-12-06T15:44:05Z")

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Yes, the docker services which manage the container will all be stopped gracefully.

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### Author: ![steven\_so](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/steven_so/32/165018_2.png) [@steven\_so](https://meta.discourse.org/u/steven_so)
#### Post date: [December 29, 2019, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272/3 "2019-12-29T22:15:03Z")

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and to add to that, discourse automatically starts after the reboot 😅

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### Author: ![system](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/system/32/443519_2.png) [@system](https://meta.discourse.org/u/system)
#### Post date: [January 28, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/is-it-safe-to-reboot-with-discourse-running/135272/4 "2020-01-28T22:15:09Z")

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