tldr/pages/common/docker-compose-stop.md

docker compose stop

Stop running containers without removing them. More information: https://docs.docker.com/reference/cli/docker/compose/stop.

• Stop all running services:

docker compose stop

• Stop specific services:

docker compose stop {{service_1 service_2 ...}}

• Stop with a custom shutdown timeout in seconds:

docker compose stop {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}}

• Stop services defined in a specific compose file:

docker compose {{[-f|--file]}} {{path/to/compose_file}} stop

• Dry run (show operations without executing):

docker compose stop --dry-run

• Stop specific services with a custom timeout:

docker compose stop {{[-t|--timeout]}} {{seconds}} {{service_1 service_2 ...}}