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Cannot link to a non running container
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When starting/restarting a docker container, you may get an error similar to the below:
ERROR: for <service> Cannot link to a non running container: /b2f21b869ccc_<dependency>_1 AS /<service>_1/<dependency>_1
This usually happens when a dependency container has a different ID than the one given (b2f21b869ccc in the above example). To resolve this issue, force recreate the service, dependency and fix the link to the correct docker ID.
docker-compose up -d --force-recreate {service}
To force recreate all containers, omit the service:
docker-compose up -d --force-recreate