How can I stop and delete a docker container launched with restart always option?

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I run some containers with the option --restart always.

It works good, so good, that I have now difficulties to stop these containers now :)

I tried :

sudo docker stop container && sudo docker rm -f container

But the container still restarts.

The docker documentation explains the restart policies, but I didn't find anything to resolve this issue.

Have you tried `docker kill`? – Dijkgraaf Dec 04 '14 at 02:26 — Dijkgraaf, Dec 04 '14 at 02:26
@Dijkgraaf thaks! it's only one command that helped me! – Ustin Oct 27 '19 at 13:28 — Ustin, Oct 27 '19 at 13:28

score 14 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 04 '14 at 10:58

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Just

sudo docker rm -f container

will kill the process if it is running and remove the container, in one step.

That said, I couldn't replicate the symptoms you described. If I run with --restart=always, docker stop will stop the process and it remains stopped.

I am using Docker version 1.3.1.

answered Dec 04 '14 at 10:58

Bryan

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Ignore me. The problem was the container had been started by a service, and so always restarted until I killed the service itself. – AutonomousApps Dec 20 '18 at 19:23

score 10 · Answer 2 · answered Feb 15 '19 at 01:05

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docker update --restart=no <container>

answered Feb 15 '19 at 01:05

Elijah Lynn

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score 6 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 04 '14 at 15:05

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Many thanks for those who takes time to respond.

If you use docker directly, Bryan is right sudo docker rm -f container is enough.

My problem was mainly that I use puppet to deploy docker images and run containers. I use this module and it creates entries in /etc/init for the upstart process manager.

I think, my problem whas that, some kind of incompatibilities between the process manager and docker.

In this situation, to halt a container, simply sudo stop docker-container.

More informations on managing docker container run can be found on the docker website

answered Dec 04 '14 at 15:05

mperrin

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With the latest version of [the docker puppet module](https://github.com/garethr/garethr-docker) containters script have been moved to /etc/init.d, so you need to : `sudo /etc/init.d/docker-container-name stop` – mperrin Jan 12 '15 at 19:11
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you also can use: **docker update --restart=no ** check [link](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/37599128/docker-how-do-you-disable-auto-restart-on-a-container/37600885#37600885) – amit bhosale May 23 '18 at 12:43

How can I stop and delete a docker container launched with restart always option?

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