--- title: "service update" description: "The service update command description and usage" keywords: "service, update" --- # service update ```Markdown Usage: docker service update [OPTIONS] SERVICE Update a service Options: --args command Service command args --config-add config Add or update a config file on a service --config-rm list Remove a configuration file --constraint-add list Add or update a placement constraint --constraint-rm list Remove a constraint --container-label-add list Add or update a container label --container-label-rm list Remove a container label by its key --credential-spec credential-spec Credential spec for managed service account (Windows only) -d, --detach Exit immediately instead of waiting for the service to converge (default true) --dns-add list Add or update a custom DNS server --dns-option-add list Add or update a DNS option --dns-option-rm list Remove a DNS option --dns-rm list Remove a custom DNS server --dns-search-add list Add or update a custom DNS search domain --dns-search-rm list Remove a DNS search domain --endpoint-mode string Endpoint mode (vip or dnsrr) --entrypoint command Overwrite the default ENTRYPOINT of the image --env-add list Add or update an environment variable --env-rm list Remove an environment variable --force Force update even if no changes require it --generic-resource-add list Add an additional generic resource to the service's resources requirements --generic-resource-rm list Remove a previously added generic resource to the service's resources requirements --group-add list Add an additional supplementary user group to the container --group-rm list Remove a previously added supplementary user group from the container --health-cmd string Command to run to check health --health-interval duration Time between running the check (ms|s|m|h) --health-retries int Consecutive failures needed to report unhealthy --health-start-period duration Start period for the container to initialize before counting retries towards unstable (ms|s|m|h) --health-timeout duration Maximum time to allow one check to run (ms|s|m|h) --help Print usage --host-add list Add a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip) --host-rm list Remove a custom host-to-IP mapping (host:ip) --hostname string Container hostname --init bool Use an init inside each service container to forward signals and reap processes --image string Service image tag --isolation string Service container isolation mode --label-add list Add or update a service label --label-rm list Remove a label by its key --limit-cpu decimal Limit CPUs --limit-memory bytes Limit Memory --log-driver string Logging driver for service --log-opt list Logging driver options --max-concurrent Number of job tasks to run at once (default equal to --replicas) --mount-add mount Add or update a mount on a service --mount-rm list Remove a mount by its target path --network-add network Add a network --network-rm list Remove a network --no-healthcheck Disable any container-specified HEALTHCHECK --no-resolve-image Do not query the registry to resolve image digest and supported platforms --placement-pref-add pref Add a placement preference --placement-pref-rm pref Remove a placement preference --publish-add port Add or update a published port --publish-rm port Remove a published port by its target port -q, --quiet Suppress progress output --read-only Mount the container's root filesystem as read only --replicas uint Number of tasks --reserve-cpu decimal Reserve CPUs --reserve-memory bytes Reserve Memory --restart-condition string Restart when condition is met ("none"|"on-failure"|"any") --restart-delay duration Delay between restart attempts (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --restart-max-attempts uint Maximum number of restarts before giving up --restart-window duration Window used to evaluate the restart policy (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --rollback Rollback to previous specification --rollback-delay duration Delay between task rollbacks (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --rollback-failure-action string Action on rollback failure ("pause"|"continue") --rollback-max-failure-ratio float Failure rate to tolerate during a rollback --rollback-monitor duration Duration after each task rollback to monitor for failure (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --rollback-order string Rollback order ("start-first"|"stop-first") --rollback-parallelism uint Maximum number of tasks rolled back simultaneously (0 to roll back all at once) --secret-add secret Add or update a secret on a service --secret-rm list Remove a secret --stop-grace-period duration Time to wait before force killing a container (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --stop-signal string Signal to stop the container --sysctl-add list Add or update a Sysctl option --sysctl-rm list Remove a Sysctl option -t, --tty Allocate a pseudo-TTY --update-delay duration Delay between updates (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --update-failure-action string Action on update failure ("pause"|"continue"|"rollback") --update-max-failure-ratio float Failure rate to tolerate during an update --update-monitor duration Duration after each task update to monitor for failure (ns|us|ms|s|m|h) --update-order string Update order ("start-first"|"stop-first") --update-parallelism uint Maximum number of tasks updated simultaneously (0 to update all at once) -u, --user string Username or UID (format: [:]) --with-registry-auth Send registry authentication details to swarm agents -w, --workdir string Working directory inside the container ``` ## Description Updates a service as described by the specified parameters. The parameters are the same as [`docker service create`](service_create.md). Refer to the description there for further information. Normally, updating a service will only cause the service's tasks to be replaced with new ones if a change to the service requires recreating the tasks for it to take effect. For example, only changing the `--update-parallelism` setting will not recreate the tasks, because the individual tasks are not affected by this setting. However, the `--force` flag will cause the tasks to be recreated anyway. This can be used to perform a rolling restart without any changes to the service parameters. > **Note** > > This is a cluster management command, and must be executed on a swarm > manager node. To learn about managers and workers, refer to the > [Swarm mode section](https://docs.docker.com/engine/swarm/) in the > documentation. ## Examples ### Update a service ```bash $ docker service update --limit-cpu 2 redis ``` ### Perform a rolling restart with no parameter changes ```bash $ docker service update --force --update-parallelism 1 --update-delay 30s redis ``` In this example, the `--force` flag causes the service's tasks to be shut down and replaced with new ones even though none of the other parameters would normally cause that to happen. The `--update-parallelism 1` setting ensures that only one task is replaced at a time (this is the default behavior). The `--update-delay 30s` setting introduces a 30 second delay between tasks, so that the rolling restart happens gradually. ### Add or remove mounts Use the `--mount-add` or `--mount-rm` options add or remove a service's bind mounts or volumes. The following example creates a service which mounts the `test-data` volume to `/somewhere`. The next step updates the service to also mount the `other-volume` volume to `/somewhere-else`volume, The last step unmounts the `/somewhere` mount point, effectively removing the `test-data` volume. Each command returns the service name. - The `--mount-add` flag takes the same parameters as the `--mount` flag on `service create`. Refer to the [volumes and bind mounts](service_create.md#add-bind-mounts-volumes-or-memory-filesystems) section in the `service create` reference for details. - The `--mount-rm` flag takes the `target` path of the mount. ```bash $ docker service create \ --name=myservice \ --mount type=volume,source=test-data,target=/somewhere \ nginx:alpine myservice $ docker service update \ --mount-add type=volume,source=other-volume,target=/somewhere-else \ myservice myservice $ docker service update --mount-rm /somewhere myservice myservice ``` ### Add or remove published service ports Use the `--publish-add` or `--publish-rm` flags to add or remove a published port for a service. You can use the short or long syntax discussed in the [docker service create](service_create.md#publish-service-ports-externally-to-the-swarm--p---publish) reference. The following example adds a published service port to an existing service. ```bash $ docker service update \ --publish-add published=8080,target=80 \ myservice ``` ### Add or remove network Use the `--network-add` or `--network-rm` flags to add or remove a network for a service. You can use the short or long syntax discussed in the [docker service create](service_create.md#attach-a-service-to-an-existing-network---network) reference. The following example adds a new alias name to an existing service already connected to network my-network: ```bash $ docker service update \ --network-rm my-network \ --network-add name=my-network,alias=web1 \ myservice ``` ### Roll back to the previous version of a service Use the `--rollback` option to roll back to the previous version of the service. This will revert the service to the configuration that was in place before the most recent `docker service update` command. The following example updates the number of replicas for the service from 4 to 5, and then rolls back to the previous configuration. ```bash $ docker service update --replicas=5 web web $ docker service ls ID NAME MODE REPLICAS IMAGE 80bvrzp6vxf3 web replicated 0/5 nginx:alpine ``` Roll back the `web` service... ```bash $ docker service update --rollback web web $ docker service ls ID NAME MODE REPLICAS IMAGE 80bvrzp6vxf3 web replicated 0/4 nginx:alpine ``` Other options can be combined with `--rollback` as well, for example, `--update-delay 0s` to execute the rollback without a delay between tasks: ```bash $ docker service update \ --rollback \ --update-delay 0s web web ``` Services can also be set up to roll back to the previous version automatically when an update fails. To set up a service for automatic rollback, use `--update-failure-action=rollback`. A rollback will be triggered if the fraction of the tasks which failed to update successfully exceeds the value given with `--update-max-failure-ratio`. The rate, parallelism, and other parameters of a rollback operation are determined by the values passed with the following flags: - `--rollback-delay` - `--rollback-failure-action` - `--rollback-max-failure-ratio` - `--rollback-monitor` - `--rollback-parallelism` For example, a service set up with `--update-parallelism 1 --rollback-parallelism 3` will update one task at a time during a normal update, but during a rollback, 3 tasks at a time will get rolled back. These rollback parameters are respected both during automatic rollbacks and for rollbacks initiated manually using `--rollback`. ### Add or remove secrets Use the `--secret-add` or `--secret-rm` options add or remove a service's secrets. The following example adds a secret named `ssh-2` and removes `ssh-1`: ```bash $ docker service update \ --secret-add source=ssh-2,target=ssh-2 \ --secret-rm ssh-1 \ myservice ``` ### Update services using templates Some flags of `service update` support the use of templating. See [`service create`](service_create.md#create-services-using-templates) for the reference. ### Specify isolation mode (Windows) `service update` supports the same `--isolation` flag as `service create` See [`service create`](service_create.md) for the reference. ### Updating Jobs When a service is created as a job, by setting its mode to `replicated-job` or to `global-job` when doing `service create`, options for updating it are limited. Updating a Job immediately stops any Tasks that are in progress. The operation creates a new set of Tasks for the job and effectively resets its completion status. If any Tasks were running before the update, they are stopped, and new Tasks are created. Jobs cannot be rolled out or rolled back. None of the flags for configuring update or rollback settings are valid with job modes. To run a job again with the same parameters that it was run previously, it can be force updated with the `--force` flag. ## Related commands * [service create](service_create.md) * [service inspect](service_inspect.md) * [service logs](service_logs.md) * [service ls](service_ls.md) * [service ps](service_ps.md) * [service rm](service_rm.md) * [service rollback](service_rollback.md) * [service scale](service_scale.md)