singularity-instance-stop1
Stop a named instance of a given container image
Usage
apptainer instance
stop
[stop
options ...]
[instance]
Overview
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
Examples
$ 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