DOCKER-COMPOSE-STOP(1)

💖 DOCKER-COMPOSE-STOP 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the docker-compose-stop page from the DOCKER-COMPOSE-STOP(1) manual 💅 this is the one that hits pause on ur lil container babies without actually yeeting them into the void. let's get into it 🎀

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✨ NAME ✨

docker-compose-stop — Stop services 🛑

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🦋 SYNOPSIS 🦋

docker compose stop [OPTIONS] [SERVICE...]

that's it. that's the whole vibe. drop ur options, name ur services if u wanna be picky, and go 🌸

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💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

Stops running containers without removing them. no deleting, no drama, no "oops where did my container go" 😭 they just go to sleep.

and the best part?? they can be started again with docker compose start. so it's giving nap time, not funeral. main character energy fr fr 💅✨

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🎀 OPTIONS 🎀

• -h, --help[=false] — help for stop. the classic "wait what does this do again" button 🙈
• -t, --timeout=0 — Specify a shutdown timeout in seconds. give ur containers a lil grace period to wrap things up before the lights go out ⏳ default is 0, jsyk

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🌈 OPTIONS INHERITED FROM PARENT COMMANDS 🌈

these ones come from the parent command, so they're basically family heirlooms 👑

• --dry-run[=false] — Execute command in dry run mode. it'll pretend to do the thing so u can vibe check it first without committing 🫶

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👑 SEE ALSO 👑

• docker-compose(1) — the whole squad, go say hi 💖

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and that's the page bestie!! this lil beauty dropped in Mar 2025 and it lives in the Docker Compose docs, so if u ever forget, the source of truth is right there waiting for u 🌸 mwah, go stop some containers responsibly 💅✨🦋