docker-kill

Kill a docker container

npm install docker-kill

Usage

var kill = require('docker-kill')

kill('9903a01a8629', function(err) {
  console.log('container killed?', !err)
})

Per default this sends SIGTERM and after 10s if the containers has not terminated SIGKILL is sent. To change the wait time do

kill('9903a01a8629', {wait:20}, function(err) {
  console.log('container killed?', !err)
})

Command line usage

To install the command line tool do

npm install -g docker-kill
docker-kill --help

In general to kill a container do

docker-kill [id]

License

MIT