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---
====== Tabul - Start a Service ======

===== About =====
''start'' is a [[docs:tabul:command|command]] of the [[docs:tabul:service:start|service module]] that will start a [[:docs:service:service|service]] (and optionally create it if it does not exist)

<note tip>If the service is already started, this operation has no effect and does not return any error.</note>

===== Example =====
To start the [[howto:postgres:howto_connection_service|howto postgres docker container]]:

<code bash>
tabul service start postgres
</code>

===== Syntax =====
<unit>
<code bash>
tabul service start --help
</code>
<console>
Tabul service start
===================

Start one or more services



Examples
--------

 1 - Start the service sqlserver


    tabul service start sqlserver


 2 - Start all services that starts with sql


    tabul service start sql*




Syntax
------


    tabul service start <name-selector...>


where:


  Arguments:

    <name-selector...>                                      One ore several glob pattern that select services by name


  Global Options:

    -ah,--app-home <path>                                   The app home directory (default to the .tabul.yml file directory)

    -vf,--conf <path>                                       The path to a configuration file

    -ee,--exec-env <name>                                   The execution environment (prod or dev)

    -h,--help                                               Print this help

    -l,--log-level <error|warning|tip|info|fine>            Set the log level

    -ns,--not-strict                                        A minor error will not stop the process.

    -odu,--output-data-uri <outputDataUri>                  defines the output data uri for the feedback data (default: console)

    -oo,--output-operation <dataOperation>                  defines the data operations (replace, truncate) on an existing output resource before transfer.

    -oop,--output-transfer-operation <transferOperation>    defines the output transfer operation (insert, update, merge, copy). Default to `copy` for a file system and `insert` for a database.

    -pp,--passphrase <passphrase>                           A passphrase (master password) to decrypt the encrypted vault values (Env: TABUL_PASSPHRASE)

    --pipe-mode                                             Use pipe mode if you want to pipe the output in a shell. Pipe mode will not print the headers (ie column name) and will not make the control character visible

    -v,--version                                            Print version information
</console>
</unit>