docker-cli/docs/reference/commandline/container_stop.md

stop

Stop one or more running containers

Aliases

docker container stop, docker stop

Options

Name	Type	Default	Description
-s, --signal	string		Signal to send to the container
-t, --time	int	0	Seconds to wait before killing the container

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.

Examples

$ docker stop my_container