Stopping Docker containers by image name - Ubuntu

Question

On Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) I\'m looking for a way to stop a running container and the only information I have is the image name that was used in the Docker run comma

Answer 1

Two ways to stop running a container:

1. $docker stop container_ID

2. $docker kill container_ID

You can get running containers using the following command:

$docker ps

Following links for more information:

• https://docs.docker.com/engine/reference/commandline/stop/
• https://docs.docker.com/v1.8/reference/commandline/kill/

Answer 2

For Docker version 18.09.0 I found that format flag won't be needed

docker rm $(docker stop $(docker ps -a -q -f ancestor=<image-name>))

Answer 3

I was trying to wrap my Docker commands in gulp tasks and realised that you can do the following:

docker stop container-name
docker rm container-name

This might not work for scenarios where you have multiple containers with the same name (if that's possible), but for my use case it was perfect.

Answer 4

You could start the container setting a container name:

docker run -d --name <container-name> <image-name>

The same image could be used to spin up multiple containers, so this is a good way to start a container. Then you could use this container-name to stop, attach... the container:

docker exec -it <container-name> bash
docker stop <container-name>
docker rm <container-name>