Random containers showing for Plex

General
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Learning how it all works…!
Have installed Plex in docker, and seems to be working, but if I run docker start plex (or automatic start on reboot), I now seem to be getting these random containers:

CONTAINER ID   IMAGE                                               COMMAND                  CREATED          STATUS                          PORTS                                                                                      NAMES
d157e3c65630   plexinc/pms-docker                                  "/init --network=host"   33 minutes ago   Exited (127) 33 minutes ago                                                                                                charming_bartik
6b465f60ae6e   plexinc/pms-docker                                  "/init"                  44 minutes ago   Exited (0) 35 minutes ago                                                                                                  romantic_morse

with random names (charming_bartik, romantic_morse, etc).
Where does this come from, and can they be deleted??

Thanks.

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How do you start the container? With a CLI command or a compose file? Have you defined a fixed container name?

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Thanks for the reply.
As I said, just starting out and using cli (was trying to get Desktop working, but was on a headless system, and that, apparently, was beyond me!!)
Think I MAY have started those with “run”, but have since started using start/stop, and also setup the container(s) to start automatically. Have also deleted those couple, without issues (I think!!) :grinning_face:
Is there a REALLY good cheat sheet to cli somewhere?
Thanks.

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I’m not sure how to interpret it, but “run” is to create and start the container while “start” cannot be used without first using either “run” or “create”.

Your shared output shows two containers with different parameters, but without knowing how you created them or what you created somehow after which those containers started, I am also out of ideas.

Like a cli reference?

Or what we also often recommend to learn about containers

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