# Restart Discourse in Container

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/restart-discourse-in-container/263976>\
**Category:** Self-hosting\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 2:30pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restart-discourse-in-container/263976 "2023-05-05T14:30:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![merefield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/merefield/32/176214_2.png) [@merefield](https://meta.discourse.org/u/merefield)\
**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 2:39pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/restart-discourse-in-container/263976/4 "2023-05-05T14:39:58Z")

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Your changes will persist if you make them properly:

- with variables in app.yml
- with a Theme or Theme Component
- with a Plugin (if you need to change the behaviour of the back end for example)
- to the database (preferably via the front end or a rake task)
- uploads

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