# stop-containers ## Prerequisites Docker must be installed on the device, as well as the [Docker SDK for Python](https://pypi.org/project/docker/) ## What it does Stops a list of specified containers on device using Docker ## Details To execute this job, use the following JSON as an example: ``` { "operation": "stop-containers", "containers": [ "97a13d5571" ] } ``` The *operation* key must have a value of '*stop-containers*'. Each element in the *image* array must be an string identifier of a container running in Docker