Reference

singularity-oci-kill(1)

Kill a container (root user only)

NAME

apptainer-oci-kill - Kill a container (root user only)

SYNOPSIS

apptainer oci kill [kill options...]

DESCRIPTION

Kill invoke kill operation to kill processes running within container
identified by container ID.

OPTIONS

-f, --force[=false]
kill container process with SIGKILL

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

-s, --signal="SIGTERM"
signal sent to the container

-t, --timeout=0
timeout in second before killing container

EXAMPLE

  $ apptainer oci kill mycontainer INT
  $ apptainer oci kill mycontainer -s INT

SEE ALSO

apptainer-oci(1)

HISTORY

22-Sep-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra