RDS instance delete

RDS instance delete removes an instances from AWS RDS cluster. This makes the cluster unavailable for a specific duration.

RDS Instance Delete

Use cases

RDS instance delete determines how quickly an application can recover from an unexpected RDS cluster deletion.

Prerequisites

Kubernetes >= 1.17
AWS access to delete RDS instances.
The RDS instance must be in a healthy state.

Kubernetes secret must have the AWS access configuration(key) in the CHAOS_NAMESPACE. A sample secret file looks like:

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: cloud-secret
type: Opaque
stringData:
  cloud_config.yml: |-
    # Add the cloud AWS credentials respectively
    [default]
    aws_access_key_id = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
    aws_secret_access_key = XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

tip

HCE recommends that you use the same secret name, that is, cloud-secret. Otherwise, you will need to update the AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE environment variable in the fault template with the new secret name and you won't be able to use the default health check probes.

Below is an example AWS policy to execute the fault.

{
    "Version": "2012-10-17",
    "Statement": [
        {
            "Effect": "Allow",
            "Action": [
                "ec2:DescribeInstanceStatus",
                "ec2:DescribeInstances",
                "rds:DescribeDBClusters",
                "rds:DescribeDBInstances",
                "rds:DeleteDBInstance"
            ],
            "Resource": "*"
        }
    ]
}

note

Go to superset permission/policy to execute all AWS faults.
Go to the common tunables and AWS-specific tunables to tune the common tunables for all faults and AWS-specific tunables.
Go to AWS named profile for chaos to use a different profile for AWS faults.

Mandatory tunables

Tunable	Description	Notes
CLUSTER_NAME	Name of the target RDS cluster	For example, rds-cluster-1. For more information, go to RDS cluster name.
RDS_INSTANCE_IDENTIFIER	Name of the target RDS Instances	For example, rds-cluster-1-instance. For more information, go to RDS instance identifier.
REGION	The region name of the target RDS cluster	For example, us-east-1

Optional tunables

Tunable	Description	Notes
TOTAL_CHAOS_DURATION	Duration that you specify, through which chaos is injected into the target resource (in seconds).	Default: 30 s. For more information, go to duration of the chaos.
INSTANCE_AFFECTED_PERC	The Percentage of total RDS instance that are part of RDS cluster to target	Default: 0 (corresponds to 1 instance). Provide numeric values only.
SEQUENCE	It defines sequence of chaos execution for multiple instance	Default: parallel. Supports serial and parallel. For more information, go to sequence of chaos execution.
AWS_SHARED_CREDENTIALS_FILE	Provide the path for AWS secret credentials	Default: `/tmp/cloud_config.yml`
RAMP_TIME	Period to wait before and after injection of chaos in sec	For example, 30 s. For more information, go to ramp time.

RDS cluster name

Cluster name of the target RDS cluster. Tune it by using the CLUSTER_NAME environment variable. If this variable is not provided, the fault selects the Instance Identifier.

The following YAML snippet illustrates the use of this environment variable:

# delete the RDS instance
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  annotationCheck: "false"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: rds-instance-delete
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # provide the name of RDS cluster
        - name: CLUSTER_NAME
          value: 'rds-demo-cluster'
        - name: REGION
          value: 'us-east-2'
        - name: TOTAL_CHAOS_DURATION
          value: '60'

RDS instance identifier

RDS instance name. Tune it by using the RDS_INSTANCE_IDENTIFIER environment variable.

The following YAML snippet illustrates the use of this environment variable:

# delete the RDS instance
apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  annotationCheck: "false"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: rds-instance-delete
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # provide the RDS instance identifier 
        - name: RDS_INSTANCE_IDENTIFIER
          value: 'rds-demo-instance-1,rds-demo-instance-2'
        - name: INSTANCE_AFFECTED_PERC
          value: '100'
        - name: REGION
          value: 'us-east-2'
        - name: TOTAL_CHAOS_DURATION
          value: '60'

Use cases​

Prerequisites​

Mandatory tunables​

Optional tunables​

RDS cluster name​

RDS instance identifier​