NAME¶

runc-kill - send a specified signal to container

SYNOPSIS¶

runc kill [--all|-a] container-id [signal]

DESCRIPTION¶

By default, runc kill sends SIGTERM to the container's initial process only.

A different signal can be specified either by its name (with or without the SIG prefix), or its numeric value. Use kill(1) with -l option to list available signals.

OPTIONS¶

--all|-a

Send the signal to all processes inside the container.

EXAMPLES¶

The following will send a KILL signal to the init process of the ubuntu01 container:

# runc kill ubuntu01 KILL

SEE ALSO¶

runc(1).