runc-kill(8) System Manager's Manual runc-kill(8)

runc-kill - send a specified signal to container

runc kill container-id [signal]

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.

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

# runc kill ubuntu01 KILL

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