name: stop
synopsis: |
  Deprecated: Gracefully shut down a resource by name or filename.
description: |-
  Deprecated: Gracefully shut down a resource by name or filename.

  The stop command is deprecated, all its functionalities are covered by delete command.
  See 'kubectl delete --help' for more details.

  Attempts to shut down and delete a resource that supports graceful termination.
  If the resource is scalable it will be scaled to 0 before deletion.
options:
- name: all
  default_value: "false"
  usage: '[-all] to select all the specified resources.'
- name: filename
  shorthand: f
  default_value: '[]'
  usage: |
    Filename, directory, or URL to file of resource(s) to be stopped.
- name: grace-period
  default_value: "-1"
  usage: |
    Period of time in seconds given to the resource to terminate gracefully. Ignored if negative.
- name: ignore-not-found
  default_value: "false"
  usage: Treat "resource not found" as a successful stop.
- name: include-extended-apis
  default_value: "true"
  usage: |
    If true, include definitions of new APIs via calls to the API server. [default true]
- name: output
  shorthand: o
  usage: |
    Output mode. Use "-o name" for shorter output (resource/name).
- name: recursive
  shorthand: R
  default_value: "false"
  usage: If true, process directory recursively.
- name: selector
  shorthand: l
  usage: Selector (label query) to filter on.
- name: timeout
  default_value: "0"
  usage: |
    The length of time to wait before giving up on a delete, zero means determine a timeout from the size of the object
inherited_options:
- name: alsologtostderr
  default_value: "false"
  usage: log to standard error as well as files
- name: api-version
  usage: |
    DEPRECATED: The API version to use when talking to the server
- name: as
  usage: Username to impersonate for the operation.
- name: certificate-authority
  usage: Path to a cert. file for the certificate authority.
- name: client-certificate
  usage: Path to a client certificate file for TLS.
- name: client-key
  usage: Path to a client key file for TLS.
- name: cluster
  usage: The name of the kubeconfig cluster to use
- name: context
  usage: The name of the kubeconfig context to use
- name: insecure-skip-tls-verify
  default_value: "false"
  usage: |
    If true, the server's certificate will not be checked for validity. This will make your HTTPS connections insecure.
- name: kubeconfig
  usage: Path to the kubeconfig file to use for CLI requests.
- name: log-backtrace-at
  default_value: :0
  usage: when logging hits line file:N, emit a stack trace
- name: log-dir
  usage: If non-empty, write log files in this directory
- name: log-flush-frequency
  default_value: 5s
  usage: Maximum number of seconds between log flushes
- name: logtostderr
  default_value: "true"
  usage: log to standard error instead of files
- name: match-server-version
  default_value: "false"
  usage: Require server version to match client version
- name: namespace
  usage: If present, the namespace scope for this CLI request.
- name: password
  usage: Password for basic authentication to the API server.
- name: server
  shorthand: s
  usage: The address and port of the Kubernetes API server
- name: stderrthreshold
  default_value: "2"
  usage: logs at or above this threshold go to stderr
- name: token
  usage: Bearer token for authentication to the API server.
- name: user
  usage: The name of the kubeconfig user to use
- name: username
  usage: Username for basic authentication to the API server.
- name: v
  default_value: "0"
  usage: log level for V logs
- name: vmodule
  usage: |
    comma-separated list of pattern=N settings for file-filtered logging
example: |-
  # Shut down foo.
  kubectl stop replicationcontroller foo

  # Stop pods and services with label name=myLabel.
  kubectl stop pods,services -l name=myLabel

  # Shut down the service defined in service.json
  kubectl stop -f service.json

  # Shut down all resources in the path/to/resources directory
  kubectl stop -f path/to/resources
see_also:
- kubectl