docker stop, kill

These commands are strongly associated with the Docker Container Lifecycle.

It’s recommended to use docker stop to stop a container first, instead of using docker kill. The docker stop command sends a SIGTERM signal to the container, allowing the container to terminate its processes gracefully and cleanly.

docker stop container_id

If the container doesn’t stop with docker stop within a specified timeout period, Docker then sends a SIGKILL signal, which is equivalent to docker kill command, to the container again to force it to stop.

docker kill container_id

References

• Docker and Kubernetes: The Complete Guide
• docker container stop | Docker Docs
• docker container kill | Docker Docs