5.14. Stopping containers

Prerequisites

• The container-tools meta-package is installed.
• At least one container is running.

Procedure

• Stop the myubi container:

  • By using the container name:

    $ podman stop myubi

  • By using the container ID:

    $ podman stop 1984555a2c27

    To stop a running container that is attached to a terminal session, you can enter the exit command inside the container.

    The podman stop command sends a SIGTERM signal to terminate a running container. If the container does not stop after a defined period (10 seconds by default), Podman sends a SIGKILL signal.

    You can also use the podman kill command to kill a container (SIGKILL) or send a different signal to a container. Here is an example of sending a SIGHUP signal to a container (if supported by the application, a SIGHUP causes the application to re-read its configuration files):

    # podman kill --signal="SIGHUP" 74b1da000a11
    74b1da000a114015886c557deec8bed9dfb80c888097aa83f30ca4074ff55fb2

    For more information, see the podman-stop(1) and podman-kill(1) man pages on your system.