Kill a container

POST /containers/(id)/kill

Kill the container id

Example request:

POST /containers/e90e34656806/kill HTTP/1.1

Example response:

HTTP/1.1 204 No Content

Query Parameters

  • signal - Signal to send to the container: integer or string like SIGINT. When not set, SIGKILL is assumed and the call waits for the container to exit.

Status Codes:

  • 204 – no error

  • 404 – no such container

  • 500 – server error

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