Custom Fault Templates
This approach provides pre-configured templates that you can customize for your specific needs, enabling faster development and ensuring best practices.
Overview
Custom fault templates offer a streamlined way to create chaos faults by starting with proven patterns and configurations. Templates include industry-standard settings, safety measures, and common parameters that can be customized for your specific use case.
When to Use
Choose this approach when:
- Your use case aligns with common fault patterns
- You want to quickly prototype and iterate on fault designs
- You prefer guided configuration over building from scratch
- You want to ensure best practices are followed
- You need to rapidly deploy multiple similar faults
Creating a Custom Fault Template
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Navigate to Project Settings for your project and open your existing Chaos Hub or create a new one.
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Click New Fault Template, and add the basic details likes Name, Description, Tags, and Category. Then click Configure Details.
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Configure the execution properties and parameters for your custom fault, then click Create Fault Template.
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Now, go back to Project Settings for your project and open Chaos Faults.
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Click Custom Faults on the top-right, then click the dropdown arrow next to New Fault and select Start with a template.
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Select the custom fault template you created, you will find that in your project's Chaos Hub.
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Select your fault template and click Create as Local Copy.
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Configure the basic details for your fault. The fault properties will be automatically populated from the template. Review and modify as needed, then click Create Fault.
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That's it! Add your custom fault to experiments as you would with any other fault.