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+title: Container Lifecycle Hooks
+id: container-lifecycle-hooks
+date: 2018-10-08
+full_link: /docs/concepts/containers/container-lifecycle-hooks/
+short_description: >
+  The lifecycle hooks expose events in the container management lifecycle and let the user run code when the events occur.
+
+aka: 
+tags:
+- extension
+---
+  The lifecycle hooks expose events in the {{< glossary_tooltip text="Container" term_id="container" >}}container management lifecycle and let the user run code when the events occur.
+
+<!--more--> 
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+Two hooks are exposed to Containers: PostStart which executes immediately after a container is created and PreStop which is blocking and is called immediately before a container is terminated.
+