Kill a container Run in API Explorer

POST /containers/{id}/kill

Send a POSIX signal to a container, defaulting to killing to the container.

Path parameters

  • id string Required

    ID or name of the container

Query parameters

  • signal string

    Signal to send to the container as an integer or string (e.g. SIGINT).

    Default value is SIGKILL.

Responses

  • 204

    no error

  • 404 application/json

    no such container

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    • message string Required

      The error message.
  • 409 application/json

    container is not running

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    • message string Required

      The error message.
  • 500 application/json

    server error

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    • message string Required

      The error message.
POST /containers/{id}/kill 
curl \
 --request POST 'http://api.example.com/v1.49/containers/{id}/kill'
Response examples (404) 
{
  "message": "No such container: c2ada9df5af8"
}
Response examples (404) 
{
  "message": "Something went wrong."
}
Response examples (409) 
{
  "message": "Container d37cde0fe4ad63c3a7252023b2f9800282894247d145cb5933ddf6e52cc03a28 is not running"
}
Response examples (409) 
{
  "message": "Something went wrong."
}
Response examples (500) 
{
  "message": "Something went wrong."
}
Response examples (500) 
{
  "message": "Something went wrong."
}