Let us take a look at how to stop and start a docker container,
First let's create a container using the docker run command,
% docker run -id --name my_alpine alpine
a7fdf87c9868281057018c20cbfcaa0c8108214b4f2a151ff9f22d8627774c38
Let's see the details of the running docker containers using the docker ps command,
% docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a7fdf87c9868 alpine "/bin/sh" 53 seconds ago Up 52 seconds my_alpine
Stop a docker Container
To stop a docker container make use of the command docker stop followed by the CONTAINER ID or the name of the docker container,
Example:% docker stop my_alpine
my_alpine
Let's see if got stopped with the docker ps command again, but this time with a -a option,
% docker ps -a
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a7fdf87c9868 alpine "/bin/sh" 24 minutes ago Exited (137) 1 minutes ago my_alpine
Start a Start a stopped Docker Container
As you may have guessed we can start a stopped/exited container using docker start <container_name or id>
% docker start a7fdf87c9868
a7fdf87c9868
% docker ps
CONTAINER ID IMAGE COMMAND CREATED STATUS PORTS NAMES
a7fdf87c9868 alpine "/bin/sh" 28 minutes ago Up 2 minutes my_alpine
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