docker container stop

DescriptionStop one or more running containers
Usagedocker container stop [OPTIONS] CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
Aliases
docker stop

Description

The main process inside the container will receive SIGTERM, and after a grace period, SIGKILL. The first signal can be changed with the STOPSIGNAL instruction in the container's Dockerfile, or the --stop-signal option to docker run.

Options

OptionDefaultDescription
-s, --signalSignal to send to the container
-t, --timeSeconds to wait before killing the container

Examples

$ docker stop my_container