Commands

Stop

Gracefully stop all services — all data is preserved.

Command

stop

$ curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nexoral/NexoralDNS/main/Scripts/install.sh | bash -s stop

▸Sends graceful shutdown signals to all containers

▸Stops DNS (port 53) and dashboard (port 4000)

▸Restores original system DNS configuration

▸Leaves all data volumes intact

✅

Your data is safe

The stop command does not delete anything — records, cache, statistics and settings are preserved. Run start to resume.

console

[✓] Stopping services...
[✓] All services stopped successfully
[✓] Original DNS configuration restored

alternatives

cd /path/to/NexoralDNS/Scripts
sudo docker compose stop
sudo docker compose stop dashboard   # specific service