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Name

       container-stop - Stop a container

Synopsis

       container stop ['OPTIONS']
       cnt t ['OPTIONS']

Description

       The container stop command stops a container by running the proper shutdown sequence.

Options

       The following container stop options are available:

       -n, --name='NAME':
              Specify container name. Specifying 'ALL' will stop all started container.

       -f, --force:
              Do not prompt before every stopping.

       -i, --interactive:
              Prompt before every stopping (default).

       -k, --kill:
              Instead  of  running  the  proper  shutdown  sequence,  terminate  all  processes of the container
              imediatly.

       -v, --verbose:
              Explain what is being done.

Examples

       Shutdown example.net container:
          sudo container stop -n example.net

       Shutdown example.net container without prompting:
          sudo container stop -n example.net -f

       Immediately stop example.net container:
          sudo container stop -n example.net -k

       Stop all container:
          sudo container stop -n ALL

See also

       compute-tools(7),
       container(1).

Homepage

       More information about compute-tools and the Open Infrastructure project can be found on the homepage  (‐
       <https://open-infrastructure.net>).

Contact

       Bug  reports,  feature  requests,  help,  patches,  support  and  everything else are welcome on the Open
       Infrastructure Software Mailing List <<software@lists.open-infrastructure.net>>.

       Debian specific bugs can also be reported in the Debian Bug Tracking System (<https://bugs.debian.org>).

Authors

       compute-tools were written by Daniel Baumann <<daniel.baumann@open-infrastructure.net>> and others.

Open Infrastructure                               compute-tools                                container-stop(1)