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title: "pause"
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description: "The pause command description and usage"
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keywords: "cgroups, container, suspend, SIGSTOP"
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---
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# pause
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```markdown
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Usage: docker pause CONTAINER [CONTAINER...]
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Pause all processes within one or more containers
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Options:
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--help Print usage
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```
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## Description
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The `docker pause` command suspends all processes in the specified containers.
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On Linux, this uses the freezer cgroup. Traditionally, when suspending a process
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the `SIGSTOP` signal is used, which is observable by the process being suspended.
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With the freezer cgroup the process is unaware, and unable to capture,
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that it is being suspended, and subsequently resumed. On Windows, only Hyper-V
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containers can be paused.
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See the
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[freezer cgroup documentation](https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt)
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for further details.
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## Examples
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```bash
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$ docker pause my_container
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```
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## Related commands
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* [unpause](unpause.md)
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