VMware HTTP latency
VMware HTTP latency injects HTTP response latency into the service whose port is specified using the TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
environment variable. This is achieved by starting the proxy server and redirecting the traffic through the proxy server.
- It helps determine the application's resilience to lossy (or flaky) HTTP responses.
Usage
View the uses of the fault
Prerequisites
- Kubernetes >= 1.17
- Vcenter access to stop and start the VM.
- Kubernetes secret that has the Vcenter credentials in the
CHAOS_NAMESPACE
. Below is a sample secret file:
apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
name: vcenter-secret
namespace: litmus
type: Opaque
stringData:
VCENTERSERVER: XXXXXXXXXXX
VCENTERUSER: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
VCENTERPASS: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
Note
You can pass the VM credentials as secrets or as a ChaosEngine
environment variable.
Default validations
The VM should be in a healthy state.
Fault tunables
Fault tunables
Mandatory fields
Variables | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|
VM_NAME | Name of the VMware VM. | For example, test-vm. |
VM_USER_NAME | Username with sudo privileges. | For example, vm-user. |
VM_PASSWORD | User password. | For example, 1234. |
LATENCY | Delay added to the request (in milliseconds). | For example, 1000ms. |
TARGET_SERVICE_PORT | Service port to target. | Defaults to port 80. |
Optional fields
Variables | Description | Notes |
---|---|---|
TOTAL_CHAOS_DURATION | Duration that you specify, through which chaos is injected into the target resource (in seconds). | Defaults to 30s. |
CHAOS_INTERVAL | Time interval between two successive instance terminations (in seconds). | Defaults to 30s. |
SEQUENCE | Sequence of chaos execution for multiple instances. | Defaults to parallel. Supports serial sequence as well. |
RAMP_TIME | Period to wait before and after injecting chaos (in seconds). | For example, 30s. |
INSTALL_DEPENDENCY | Whether to install the dependency to run the fault | If the dependency already exists, you can turn it off. Its default value is 'True'. |
PROXY_PORT | Port where the proxy listens for requests. | Defaults to 20000. |
TOXICITY | Percentage of HTTP requests affected. | Defaults to 100. |
NETWORK_INTERFACE | Network interface used for the proxy. | Defaults to eth0. |
Fault examples
Common fault tunables
Refer to the common attributes to tune the common tunables for all the faults.
Target service port
It defines the port of the target service. You can tune it using the TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
environment variable.
Use the following example to tune it:
## provide the port of the targeted service
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
name: engine-nginx
spec:
engineState: "active"
chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
experiments:
- name: VMware-http-latency
spec:
components:
env:
# provide the port of the targeted service
- name: TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
value: "80"
Proxy Port
It defines the port where the proxy server listens for requests. You can tune it using the PROXY_PORT
environment variable.
Use the following example to tune it:
# provide the port for proxy server
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
name: engine-nginx
spec:
engineState: "active"
chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
experiments:
- name: VMware-http-latency
spec:
components:
env:
# provide the port for proxy server
- name: PROXY_PORT
value: '8080'
# provide the port of the targeted service
- name: TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
value: "80"
Latency
It defines the latency value added to the HTTP request. You can tune it using the LATENCY
environment variable.
Use the following example to tune it:
## provide the latency value
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
name: engine-nginx
spec:
engineState: "active"
chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
experiments:
- name: VMware-http-latency
spec:
components:
env:
# provide the latency value
- name: LATENCY
value: '2000'
# provide the port of the targeted service
- name: TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
value: "80"
Toxicity
It defines the toxicity value added to the HTTP request. Toxicity value defines the percentage of the total number of HTTP requests that are affected. You can tune it using the TOXICITY
environment variable.
Use the following example to tune it:
## provide the toxicity
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
name: engine-nginx
spec:
engineState: "active"
chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
experiments:
- name: VMware-http-latency
spec:
components:
env:
# toxicity is the probability of the request to be affected
# provide the percentage value in the range of 0-100
# 0 means no request will be affected and 100 means all request will be affected
- name: TOXICITY
value: "100"
# provide the port of the targeted service
- name: TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
value: "80"
Network interface
It defines the network interface to be used for the proxy. You can tune it using the NETWORK_INTERFACE
environment variable.
Use the following example to tune it:
## provide the network interface for proxy
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
name: engine-nginx
spec:
engineState: "active"
chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
experiments:
- name: VMware-http-latency
spec:
components:
env:
# provide the network interface for proxy
- name: NETWORK_INTERFACE
value: "eth0"
# provide the port of the targeted service
- name: TARGET_SERVICE_PORT
value: '80'