NAME

       docker-container-pause - Pause all processes within one or more containers

SYNOPSIS

       docker container pause CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]

DESCRIPTION

       The docker container pause command suspends all processes in the specified containers.  On
       Linux, this uses the freezer cgroup. Traditionally, when suspending a process the  SIGSTOP
       signal  is  used,  which  is  observable by the process being suspended.  With the freezer
       cgroup the process is unaware, and unable to capture, that  it  is  being  suspended,  and
       subsequently resumed. On Windows, only Hyper-V containers can be paused.

       See  the  freezer  cgroup  documentation ⟨https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-
       v1/freezer-subsystem.txt⟩ for further details.

       docker-container-unpause(1) to unpause all processes within a container.

OPTIONS

       -h, --help[=false]      help for pause

SEE ALSO

       docker-container(1)