Docker and CI/CD · Middle · Question 7 of 75

What should a Node.js server do on SIGTERM?

✓Correct answer: Stop accepting connections, finish requests, close pools, then exit
2Ignore it, since the orchestrator will send SIGKILL anyway
3Exit immediately with code 0 so the container stops quickly

Explanation

server.close() stops new connections while in-flight requests complete. Then close database pools and exit within the grace period.

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