# Docker information

To load the Velocity MTA Docker image, run the following command in the velocity-install directory 

```
./load_images.sh
```

To verify you have the Velocity MTA Docker image loaded, run the following command:

```
docker images
```

To restart Velocity MTA:

`./restart.sh`

To view running Docker containers and their resource utilization, run the following command:

```
docker stats --no-stream
```

To view Docker logs since Velocity MTA was last started run:

`docker logs edcom-velocity`

Persistent Velocity MTA system logging is stored in:

```
velocity-install/logs/velocity.log 
```

To shut down Velocity MTA:

```
docker compose down
```

As a nuclear option troubleshooting step, you can destroy all of your Docker images and containers in one go to start over with the following command: 

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```
docker kill $(docker ps -q) ; docker rm $(docker ps -a -q) ; docker rmi $(docker images -q)
```

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