github.com/pwn-term/docker@v0.0.0-20210616085119-6e977cce2565/cli/man/src/container/pause.md (about) 1 The `docker container pause` command suspends all processes in the specified containers. 2 On Linux, this uses the freezer cgroup. Traditionally, when suspending a process 3 the `SIGSTOP` signal is used, which is observable by the process being suspended. 4 With the freezer cgroup the process is unaware, and unable to capture, 5 that it is being suspended, and subsequently resumed. On Windows, only Hyper-V 6 containers can be paused. 7 8 See the [freezer cgroup documentation] 9 (https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/cgroup-v1/freezer-subsystem.txt) for 10 further details. 11 12 **docker-container-unpause(1)** to unpause all processes within a container.