Docker container respawns after killing

Question

I have rogues docker containers running on my system. I have tried to kill them but they seem to restart again.

I have tried to remove the restart option in the hostconfig.json of the container, with no luck.

I have even tried to clear all the images.

is there any way to force kill these containers?

Answer 1

You may have started it as a service. Check to see if that is the case by running:

docker service ls

If you see your service there you can delete it by doing

docker service rm <service id>

You could also docker service inspect <service id> to see more details about what the service is and why it is respawning.