lxc-stop(1) lxc-stop(1) (NAME) lxc-stop - (SYNOPSIS) lxc-stop {-n name} [-W] [-r] [-t timeout] [-k] [--nokill] [--nolock] (DESCRIPTION) lxc-stop (reboot) (clean shutdown) (kill). lxc.signal.halt ( SIGPWR) init . lxc.signal.stop ( SIGKILL) . lxc.signal.reboot ( SIGINT) init . [-W] [-r] [-k] [--nokill] . [-W] lxc-stop [-t TIMEOUT] . (OPTIONS) -r,--reboot . -k,--kill (tasks) (kill). lxc- stop . --nokill kill . --nolock API lxc lxc-stop (hang) . -W,--nowait ( ) . -t,--timeout TIMEOUT TIMEOUT (hard-stop) . (EXIT STATUS) 0 . 1 . 2 . (DIAGNOSTICS) The container was not found lxc-create . (SEE ALSO) lxc(7), lxc-create(1), lxc-copy(1), lxc-destroy(1), lxc-start(1), lxc- stop(1), lxc-execute(1), lxc-console(1), lxc-monitor(1), lxc-wait(1), lxc-cgroup(1), lxc-ls(1), lxc-info(1), lxc-freeze(1), lxc-unfreeze(1), lxc-attach(1), lxc.conf(5) 2026-08-01 lxc-stop(1)