singularity-instance-stop - Stop a named instance of a given container image

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  EXAMPLE  SEE ALSO  HISTORY 

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NAME

singularity-instance-stop - Stop a named instance of a given container image

SYNOPSIS

singularity instance stop [stop options...] [instance]

DESCRIPTION

The command singularity instance stop allows you to stop and clean up a named,
running instance of a given container image.

OPTIONS

		-a, --all[=false]	stop all user’s instances
		-F, --force[=false]	force kill instance
		-h, --help[=false]	help for stop
		-s, --signal=""	signal sent to the instance
		-t, --timeout=10	force kill non stopped instances after X seconds
		-u, --user=""	if running as root, stop instances belonging to user

EXAMPLE

$ singularity instance start my-sql.sif mysql1
$ singularity instance start my-sql.sif mysql2
$ singularity instance stop mysql*
Stopping mysql1 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23845)
Stopping mysql2 instance of my-sql.sif (PID=23858)

$ singularity instance start my-sql.sif mysql1

Force instance to shutdown
$ singularity instance stop -f mysql1 (may corrupt data)

Send SIGTERM to the instance
$ singularity instance stop -s SIGTERM mysql1
$ singularity instance stop -s TERM mysql1
$ singularity instance stop -s 15 mysql1

SEE ALSO

singularity-instance(1)

HISTORY

15-May-2026 Auto generated by spf13/cobra

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