# How to make docker start automatically

**URL:** <https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-make-docker-start-automatically/558>\
**Category:** Node-RED\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [August 2, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-make-docker-start-automatically/558 "2023-08-02T20:00:49Z")\
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**Author:** ![jahu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/3ab097/32.png) [@jahu](https://www.wago.community/u/jahu)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2023, 8:00pm UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-make-docker-start-automatically/558/1 "2023-08-02T20:00:49Z")

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hi,  
How to make docker start automatically, because now I have to start it manually.  
I have a pfc200 g2.

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**Author:** ![MRegulski](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/www.wago.community/mregulski/32/340_2.png) [@MRegulski](https://www.wago.community/u/MRegulski)\
**Post date:** [August 3, 2023, 9:27am UTC](https://www.wago.community/t/how-to-make-docker-start-automatically/558/2 "2023-08-03T09:27:36Z")

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Hi there,

Which firmware version are you currently running?

Have you installed docker using WBM or directly from shell?

I strongly recommend using steps described here: [GitHub - WAGO/docker-ipk: This repo contains static linked binaries of docker ce packed in linux ipk format.](https://github.com/WAGO/docker-ipk)  
This way docker is installed with all dependencies and starts automatically with PLC boot up.

Alternatively (although not recommended) docker would have to be added to services starting on startup, I believe it would be:

Creating (if doesn’t exist already) file “dockerd” in “/etc/init.d” folder and making a symlink in “etc/rc.d” folder like this:

> “ln -s /etc/init.d/dockerd /etc/rc.d/dockerd”

Can confirm content of a file in case you don’t have the file in init.d directory.

Still, I strongly advise installing docker through WBM.

Kind regards,

Marcin