% DOCKER(1) Docker User Manuals % Docker Community % JUNE 2014 # NAME docker-pause - Pause all processes within a container # SYNOPSIS **docker pause** CONTAINER [CONTAINER...] # DESCRIPTION The `docker pause` command uses the cgroups freezer to suspend all processes in a container. Traditionally when suspending a process the `SIGSTOP` signal is used, which is observable by the process being suspended. With the cgroups freezer the process is unaware, and unable to capture, that it is being suspended, and subsequently resumed. See the [cgroups freezer documentation] (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroups/freezer-subsystem.txt) for further details. # OPTIONS There are no available options. # See also **docker-unpause(1)** to unpause all processes within a container. # HISTORY June 2014, updated by Sven Dowideit <SvenDowideit@home.org.au>