podman-pause(1)             General Commands Manual            podman-pause(1)

NAME
       podman-pause - Pause one or more containers


SYNOPSIS
       podman pause [options] [container...]


       podman container pause [options] [container...]


DESCRIPTION
       Pauses all the processes in one or more containers.  You may use
       container IDs or names as input.


OPTIONS
   --all, -a
       Pause all running containers.


   --cidfile=file
       Read container ID from the specified file and pause the container.  Can
       be specified multiple times.


   --filter, -f=filter
       Filter what containers pause.  Multiple filters can be given with
       multiple uses of the --filter flag.  Filters with the same key work
       inclusive with the only exception being label which is exclusive.
       Filters with different keys always work exclusive.


       Valid filters are listed below:


       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |Filter   | Description                   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |id       | [ID] Container's ID (CID      |
       |         | prefix match by default;      |
       |         | accepts regex)                |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |name     | [Name] Container's name       |
       |         | (accepts regex)               |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |label    | [Key] or [Key=Value] Label    |
       |         | assigned to a container       |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |exited   | [Int] Container's exit code   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |status   | [Status] Container's status:  |
       |         | 'created', 'exited',          |
       |         | 'paused', 'running',          |
       |         | 'unknown'                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |ancestor | [ImageName] Image or          |
       |         | descendant used to create     |
       |         | container                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |before   | [ID] or [Name] Containers     |
       |         | created before this container |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |since    | [ID] or [Name] Containers     |
       |         | created since this container  |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |volume   | [VolumeName] or               |
       |         | [MountpointDestination]       |
       |         | Volume mounted in container   |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |health   | [Status] healthy or unhealthy |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |pod      | [Pod] name or full or partial |
       |         | ID of pod                     |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |network  | [Network] name or full ID of  |
       |         | network                       |
       +---------+-------------------------------+
       |until    | [DateTime] container created  |
       |         | before the given duration or  |
       |         | time.                         |
       +---------+-------------------------------+

   --latest, -l
       Instead of providing the container name or ID, use the last created
       container.  Note: the last started container can be from other users of
       Podman on the host machine.  (This option is not available with the
       remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2)
       machines)


EXAMPLE
       Pause specified container:

       podman pause mywebserver



       Pause container by partial container ID:

       podman pause 860a4b23



       Pause all running containers:

       podman pause --all



       Pause container using ID specified in given files:

       podman pause --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1
       podman pause --cidfile /home/user/cidfile-1 --cidfile ./cidfile-2



       Pause the latest container. (This option is not available with the
       remote Podman client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2)
       machines):

       podman pause --latest



SEE ALSO
       podman(1), podman-unpause(1)


HISTORY
       September 2017, Originally compiled by Dan Walsh dwalsh@redhat.com
       <mailto:dwalsh@redhat.com>

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