podman-pod-kill(1) General Commands Manual podman-pod-kill(1)
NAME
podman-pod-kill - Kill the main process of each container in one or more
pods
SYNOPSIS
podman pod kill [options] pod ...
DESCRIPTION
The main process of each container inside the pods specified is sent
SIGKILL, or any signal specified with option --signal.
OPTIONS
--all, -a
Sends signal to all containers associated with a pod.
--latest, -l
Instead of providing the pod name or ID, use the last created pod.
Note: the last started pod 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)
--signal, -s=signal
Signal to send to the containers in the pod. For more information on
Linux signals, refer to signal(7). The default is SIGKILL.
EXAMPLE
Kill pod with a given name:
podman pod kill mywebserver
Kill pod with a given ID:
podman pod kill 860a4b23
Terminate pod by sending TERM signal:
podman pod kill --signal TERM 860a4b23
Kill the latest pod. (This option is not available with the remote Pod-
man client, including Mac and Windows (excluding WSL2) machines):
podman pod kill --latest
Terminate all pods by sending KILL signal:
podman pod kill --all
SEE ALSO
podman(1), podman-pod(1), podman-pod-stop(1)
HISTORY
July 2018, Originally compiled by Peter Hunt pehunt@redhat.com
⟨mailto:pehunt@redhat.com⟩
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