k8s-chaos

Introduce a little chaos into your Kubernetes namespace. Randomly kill pods. Will your application survive?

• Install
• Usage
• Disclaimer

Install

dep ensure
go install ./cmd/k8s-chaos

Usage

k8s-chaos --namespace my-namespace --max-kill 2 --period 60 --regex my-thing

Options: Bold options are required.

• namespace - The kubernetes namespace to target.
• max-kill - The maximum number of pods to kill during each cycle.
• period - The amount of time between each cycle.
• regex - A regex that will be used to filter the list of pods in a namespace. If you don't supply a value, all pods in the namespace will be considered for deletion.

Extras

In the docker folder, you will find an assortment of images that you can use to test different failure scenarios:

• crash - An image that exits with non-zero exit status after CRASH_DELAY seconds.

Disclaimer

This repo is pretty immature. Expect the possibility of breaking changes.