NAME¶

apptainer-instance-stop - Stop a named instance of a given container image

SYNOPSIS¶

apptainer instance stop [stop options...] [instance]

DESCRIPTION¶

The command apptainer instance stop allows you to stop and clean up a named,
running instance of a given container image.

OPTIONS¶

-a, --all[=false] stop all user's instances

-F, --force[=false] force kill instance

-h, --help[=false] help for stop

-s, --signal="" signal sent to the instance

-t, --timeout=10 force kill non stopped instances after X seconds

-u, --user="" if running as root, stop instances belonging to user

EXAMPLE¶

  $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql1


  $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql2


  $ apptainer instance stop mysql*


  Stopping mysql1 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23845)


  Stopping mysql2 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23858)


  $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql1


  Force instance to shutdown


  $ apptainer instance stop -f mysql1 (may corrupt data)


  Send SIGTERM to the instance


  $ apptainer instance stop -s SIGTERM mysql1


  $ apptainer instance stop -s TERM mysql1


  $ apptainer instance stop -s 15 mysql1

SEE ALSO¶

apptainer-instance(1)

HISTORY¶

15-Mar-2024 Auto generated by spf13/cobra