docker compose kill

Force stop service containers.

Usage

$ docker compose kill [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]

Refer to the options section for an overview of available OPTIONS for this command.

Forces running containers to stop by sending a SIGKILL signal. Optionally the signal can be passed, for example:

$ docker-compose kill -s SIGINT

Name, shorthand	Default	Description
`--remove-orphans`		Remove containers for services not defined in the Compose file.
`--signal` , `-s`	`SIGKILL`	SIGNAL to send to the container.

Command	Description
docker compose	Docker Compose

Command	Description
docker compose build	Build or rebuild services
docker compose config	Parse, resolve and render compose file in canonical format
docker compose cp	Copy files/folders between a service container and the local filesystem
docker compose create	Creates containers for a service.
docker compose down	Stop and remove containers, networks
docker compose events	Receive real time events from containers.
docker compose exec	Execute a command in a running container.
docker compose images	List images used by the created containers
docker compose kill	Force stop service containers.
docker compose logs	View output from containers
docker compose ls	List running compose projects
docker compose pause	Pause services
docker compose port	Print the public port for a port binding.
docker compose ps	List containers
docker compose pull	Pull service images
docker compose push	Push service images
docker compose restart	Restart service containers
docker compose rm	Removes stopped service containers
docker compose run	Run a one-off command on a service.
docker compose start	Start services
docker compose stop	Stop services
docker compose top	Display the running processes
docker compose unpause	Unpause services
docker compose up	Create and start containers
docker compose version	Show the Docker Compose version information