A picture to understand all the states of the docker container

 

Partial explanation:

command to create container

run is the combination of create and start

create-created-start            

 example:

docker create httpd

OCM Hardware Information

 docker kill id forcibly shuts down the container

 die a program do not force quit, or process error  

docker pause  : Pause all processes in the container.

docker unpause  : Resume all processes in the container.