CODEWITHSUNDEEP
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user310291
user310291

Reputation: 38228

Cannot stop container with docker on windows

I have installed docker toolbox for windows and run hello-world.

I now want to stop it with

docker stop hello-world

But this generate an error :

failed to stop container (hello-world) no such container

When I do docker images hello-world is there

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1275

Answers (1)

VonC
VonC

Reputation: 1329292

When I do docker images hello-world is there

But when you do a docker ps -a, do you see a container hello-workd running? (or at all?)

docker stop stops a running container, not an image.

hello-world is an image which, when executed as a container, prints hello-world and immediately exit. There is nothing to stop at this point.

Upvotes: 3

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