docker-compose up, down, stop start difference

Question

So, i've been trying to find the difference between docker stop and docker down but haven't been able to pin down the exact difference. can anyone help me out?

Answer 1

Let's differentiate both of them:

docker stop - It is used to Stop services

docker down - It is used to stop and remove containers and all the networks and you can optionally opt to remove images and volumes with it as well.

This is how it is while using docker-compose.

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