You also have to create persistent directory to store various Spectrum 2 data like SQLite3 database and so on:

	$ mkdir -p /opt/spectrum2/data

## Start Spectrum 2

To start Spectrum 2 on background using Docker, all you have to do is running following Docker command:

	$ docker run --name="spectrum2" -d -v /opt/spectrum2/configuration:/etc/spectrum2/transports -v /opt/spectrum2/data:/var/lib/spectrum2 spectrum2/spectrum2

It will start Spectrum 2 and load the configuration files from `/opt/spectrum`. It also gives the spawned container name `spectrum2`.

## Checking the Spectrum 2 logs

To check the Spectrum 2 logs, use following Docker command:

	$ docker logs spectrum2

## Stopping the Spectrum 2

To stop the Spectrum 2 container, use following Docker command:

	$ docker stop spectrum2