% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014
docker-pause - Pause all processes within one or more containers
docker pause CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
The docker pause command suspends all processes in the specified containers. On Linux, this uses the cgroups freezer. Traditionally, when suspending a process the SIGSTOP signal is used, which is observable by the process being suspended. With the cgroups freezer the process is unaware, and unable to capture, that it is being suspended, and subsequently resumed. On Windows, only Hyper-V containers can be paused.
See the [cgroups freezer documentation] (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt) for further details.
--help Print usage statement
docker-unpause(1) to unpause all processes within one or more containers.
June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit SvenDowideit@home.org.au