diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/container.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/container.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..d04a06ede
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/container.go
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+// Copyright 2019 Yunion
+//
+// Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+// you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+// You may obtain a copy of the License at
+//
+//     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+//
+// Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+// distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+// WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+// See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+// limitations under the License.
+
+package cloudprovider
+
+type SContainerStopOptions struct {
+	Timeout int
+	Force   bool
+}
diff --git a/pkg/cloudprovider/resources.go b/pkg/cloudprovider/resources.go
index 24fe85ac4..3e66aff37 100644
--- a/pkg/cloudprovider/resources.go
+++ b/pkg/cloudprovider/resources.go
@@ -435,6 +435,9 @@ type ICloudContainer interface {
 
 	GetVolumentMounts() ([]ICloudVolumeMount, error)
 	GetDevices() ([]IContainerDevice, error)
+
+	Stop(ctx context.Context, opts *SContainerStopOptions) error
+	Start(ctx context.Context) error
 }
 
 type ICloudVolumeMount interface {