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<p><strong>startContainer</strong>(<code>engineId</code>, <code>id</code>): <code>Promise</code>&lt;<code>void</code>&gt;</p>
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<p>Defined in: <a href="https://github.com/podman-desktop/podman-desktop/blob/ce23dbebfda6ec2bb0f097d6367131c609f92a6e/packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts#L3794" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">packages/extension-api/src/extension-api.d.ts:3794</a></p>
<p>Start an existing container</p>
<h2 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="parameters">Parameters<a href="#parameters" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to Parameters" title="Direct link to Parameters"></a></h2>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="engineid">engineId<a href="#engineid" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to engineId" title="Direct link to engineId"></a></h3>
<p><code>string</code></p>
<p>the id of the engine managing the container, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listContainers">containerEngine.listContainers</a></p>
<h3 class="anchor anchorWithStickyNavbar_JmGV" id="id">id<a href="#id" class="hash-link" aria-label="Direct link to id" title="Direct link to id"></a></h3>
<p><code>string</code></p>
<p>the id or name of the container on this engine, obtained from the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/listContainers">containerEngine.listContainers</a> or as the result of <a href="/api/@podman-desktop/namespaces/containerEngine/functions/createContainer">containerEngine.createContainer</a></p>
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