How do I terminate a running dev container?

[reynoldsbd]

The CLI includes a devcontainer up command that can be used to start a running container. But how can I terminate that container once I'm done with it?

Seems like there should be a devcontainer down command or something similar? Or perhaps I am misunderstanding something about the devcontainer lifecycle

[samruddhikhandale]

Hi 👋

The dev container CLI is currently in active development, and it consists of the following commands mentioned in here. It mentions the devcontainer stop & devcontainer down commands. However, they haven't been implemented yet // cc @bamurtaugh

In the meanwhile, you could clean up the dev container as follows -

• id_label="test-container=containerX"
• devcontainer up --id-label ${id_label} --workspace-folder ../workspace --> Create & run dev container
• devcontainer exec --id-label ${id_label} --workspace-folder ../workspace bash -c '....' --> Execute a command on a running dev container
• docker rm -f $(docker container ls -f "label=${id_label}" -q) --> ❗ Remove dev container ❗

[Jarrodsz]

would it be possible to create a stop.sh script that incorperates this? perhaps an example would be great in the meantime untill those down and stop commands are in place?