Stopping Docker containers by image name - Ubuntu

Question

On Ubuntu 14.04 (Trusty Tahr) I\'m looking for a way to stop a running container and the only information I have is the image name that was used in the Docker run comma

Answer 1

Adding on top of @VonC superb answer, here is a ZSH function that you can add into your .zshrc file:

dockstop() {
  docker rm $(docker stop $(docker ps -a -q --filter ancestor="$1" --format="{{.ID}}"))
}

Then in your command line, simply do dockstop myImageName and it will stop and remove all containers that were started from an image called myImageName.