All docker containers have a separate process id

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All docker containers have a separate process ID. If so, how can you get it. Also, what happens if we kill this process?

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Manohar negi 03 Aug '14 at 3:17

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Chris McKinnel · Accepted Answer · 2014-08-03T07:35:41+0000

Yes, each docker container will have a different PID on your host machine.

You can get the PID of a docker container by running:

docker inspect --format '{{ .State.Pid }}' CONTAINER_ID

If you kill the process on your host, your docker container will die.