# Starting, Restarting, and Stopping the Hyperscience Application

- Updated on Jan 21, 2025
- Published on Sep 17, 2024
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Note that you can run Docker commands on Podman with the _podman-docker_ package. To learn how to install the _podman-docker_ package, see [step 2 of Configuring Podman in RHEL 8](https://help.hyperscience.ai/deployment/docs/configuring-podman-in-rhel-8#configuring-podman).

To start, restart, or stop the Hyperscience application, you can run the following command:

## Command

```bash
sudo bash run.sh [--force] [--start|--restart|--stop] [--clean] <role>
```

The `<role>` could be one of `init` \| `backend` \| `frontend` \| `db`. The default value is `backend`_and_`frontend`.

- `--start` starts the Hyperscience role. This is the default option.
- `--restart` restarts the Hyperscience role.
- `--stop` stops the Hyperscience role.
- `--clean` combined with `--stop` removes the application containers. An example of this combination is shown in the following command:

```bash
sudo bash run.sh --stop --clean
```

`--clean` combined with `--restart` recreates the application containers. An example of this combination is shown below:

```bash
sudo bash run.sh --restart --clean
```