docker container stop: Stop the container

‘docker container stop {containerId/containerName}’ is used to stop the running container.

Syntax

docker container stop {CONTAINER_NAME}

docker container stop {CONTAINER_ID}

$ docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
c9a1bfa89e1e        jboss/wildfly       "/opt/jboss/wildfly/…"   6 minutes ago       Up 6 minutes        8080/tcp            infallible_elgamal
$ 
$ docker container stop c9a1bfa89e1e;
c9a1bfa89e1e
$ 
$ docker container ls
CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES

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