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Documented steps
Stop one or more running containers: `docker stop CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]` (alias of docker container stop).
Send a specific signal instead of the default: `docker stop -s SIGKILL myapp` or by number `-s 9`.
Control the grace period: `docker stop --timeout 5 myapp` waits 5s then SIGKILL (default 10s Linux / 30s Windows; -1 waits forever).
Restart: `docker restart myapp` (alias of docker container restart) — stops then starts the same container.
Start a previously stopped container: `docker start myapp` (does not recreate it).
Official docs: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/stop/ and https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/container/restart/
Known gotchas
docker stop sends SIGTERM then, after the grace period, SIGKILL — apps that need a clean shutdown should handle SIGTERM.
The default signal may be customized at build time via the Dockerfile STOPSIGNAL instruction, or per-container with --stop-signal on docker run/create.
docker restart preserves the container (config, writable layer, name); docker rm would remove it entirely.
--timeout -1 disables the kill timeout entirely (waits indefinitely).
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