Restarting the SeaTable service¶

Changes in the configuration files, require a restart of the SeaTable service.

Method 1: Restart from outside the container¶

To restart the SeaTable service directly from your host command line, use:

docker exec seatable-server /opt/seatable/scripts/seatable.sh

This command runs the SeaTable startup script inside the container, managing all necessary service processes. You must specify the full path to seatable.sh because the Docker exec command does not use the container’s PATH environment variable by default.

Method 2: Restart from inside the container¶

Alternatively, you can open an interactive shell inside the container and run the script manually:

docker exec -it seatable-server bash
seatable.sh
exit

When using an interactive shell, you do not need to specify the full path to seatable.sh because the container’s PATH is available. After restarting the service, type exit to leave the container shell.

Restarting the docker container¶

Alternatively, you can restart the complete SeaTable Docker container. This is useful if you need to ensure all processes and services inside the container are refreshed.

You need to vavigate to your SeaTable compose directory (commonly /opt/seatable-compose), then run:

/opt/seatable-compose
docker stop seatable-server
docker compose up -d

This will stop the SeaTable container and then restart it in detached mode. All related services defined in your docker-compose.yml will also be managed according to your configuration.