 <p>If you want to restart the NGINX process, restart the container by running the command:</p> <pre><code>docker restart &lt;container name&gt; </code></pre> <p><a href="https://blog.docker.com/2015/04/tips-for-deploying-nginx-official-image-with-docker/" rel="nofollow">https://blog.docker.com/2015/04/tips-for-deploying-nginx-official-image-with-docker/</a></p>