docker-docs/machine/reference/restart.md

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Usage: docker-machine restart [arg...]

Restart a machine

Description:
   Argument(s) are one or more machine names.

Restart a machine. Oftentimes this is equivalent to docker-machine stop; docker-machine start. But some cloud driver try to implement a clever restart which keeps the same IP address.

$ docker-machine restart dev
Waiting for VM to start...