NAME

       apptainer-instance-stop - Stop a named instance of a given container image

SYNOPSIS

       apptainer instance stop [stop options...] [instance]

DESCRIPTION

       The command apptainer instance stop allows you to stop and clean up a named,
         running instance of a given container image.

OPTIONS

       -a, --all[=false]      stop all user's instances

       -F, --force[=false]      force kill instance

       -h, --help[=false]      help for stop

       -s, --signal=""      signal sent to the instance

       -t, --timeout=10      force kill non stopped instances after X seconds

       -u, --user=""      if running as root, stop instances belonging to user

EXAMPLE

         $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql1
         $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql2
         $ apptainer instance stop mysql*
         Stopping mysql1 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23845)
         Stopping mysql2 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23858)

         $ apptainer instance start my-sql.sif mysql1

         Force instance to shutdown
         $ apptainer instance stop -f mysql1 (may corrupt data)

         Send SIGTERM to the instance
         $ apptainer instance stop -s SIGTERM mysql1
         $ apptainer instance stop -s TERM mysql1
         $ apptainer instance stop -s 15 mysql1

SEE ALSO

       apptainer-instance(1)

HISTORY

       21-Jul-2025 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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