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

use: docker container stop $(docker container ls -q --filter ancestor=mongo)

    (base) :~ user$ docker ps
    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND                  CREATED             STATUS              PORTS                      NAMES
    d394144acf3a        mongo               "docker-entrypoint.s…"   15 seconds ago      Up 14 seconds       0.0.0.0:27017->27017/tcp   magical_nobel
    (base) :~ user$ docker container stop $(docker container ls -q --filter ancestor=mongo)
    d394144acf3a
    (base) :~ user$ docker ps
    CONTAINER ID        IMAGE               COMMAND             CREATED             STATUS              PORTS               NAMES
    (base) :~ user$