VMware Windows Network Loss

VMware Windows Network Loss simulates a network loss scenario on Windows OS based VMware VM.

• It checks the performance of the application running on the VMware Windows VMs under network loss conditions.

Use cases

• VMware Windows Network Loss determines the resilience of an application when a network loss scenario is simulated on a VMware Windows virtual machine.
• VMware Windows Network Loss simulates the situation of network loss for processes running on the application, which degrades their performance.
• It also helps verify the application's ability to handle network failures and its failover mechanisms.

Prerequisites

• Kubernetes > 1.16 is required to execute this fault.

• Execution plane should be connected to vCenter and host vCenter on port 443.

• VMware tool should be installed on the target VM with remote execution enabled.

• Adequate vCenter permissions should be provided to access the hosts and the VMs.

• The VM should be in a healthy state before and after injecting chaos.

• Kubernetes secret has to be created that has the Vcenter credentials in the CHAOS_NAMESPACE.

• Verify clumsy is installed on the VM, as it's essential for this experiment.

• Run the fault with a user possessing admin rights, preferably the built-in Administrator, to guarantee permissions for memory stress testing. See how to enable the built-in Administrator in Windows.

• VM credentials can be passed as secrets or as a chaos enginer environment variable.

apiVersion: v1
kind: Secret
metadata:
  name: vcenter-secret
  namespace: litmus
type: Opaque
stringData:
    VCENTERSERVER: XXXXXXXXXXX
    VCENTERUSER: XXXXXXXXXXXXX
    VCENTERPASS: XXXXXXXXXXXXX

Mandatory tunables

Tunable	Description	Notes
VM_NAME	Name of the target VM.	For example, win-vm-1
VM_USER_NAME	Username of the target VM.	For example, vm-user.
VM_PASSWORD	User password for the target VM.	For example, 1234. Note: You can take the password from secret as well.

Optional tunables

Tunable	Description	Notes
DESTINATION_HOSTS	Comma-separated list of destination hosts to induce loss.	For example, github.com,harness.io. For more information, go to destination hosts.
DESTINATION_IPS	Comma-separated list of destination IPs to induce loss.	For example, 10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2. For more information, go to destination IPs.
NETWORK_PACKET_LOSS_PERCENTAGE	Percentage of network packets to lose.	Default: 100. For more information, go to network packet loss percentage.
PATH_OF_CLUMSY	Path of the Clumsy tool in the VM.	For example, C:\Program Files\Clumsy\. For more information, go to path of Clumsy.
TOTAL_CHAOS_DURATION	Duration that you specify, through which chaos is injected into the target resource (in seconds).	Default: 60 s. For more information, go to duration of the chaos.
RAMP_TIME	Period to wait before and after injecting chaos (in seconds).	Default: 0 s. For more information, go to ramp time.
SEQUENCE	Sequence of chaos execution for multiple instances.	Default: parallel. Supports serial and parallel sequence. For more information, go to sequence of chaos execution.
DEFAULT_HEALTH_CHECK	Determines if you wish to run the default health check which is present inside the fault.	Default: 'true'. For more information, go to default health check.

Destination hosts

The DESTINATION_HOSTS environment variable specifies the destination hosts to induce loss on the target Windows VM.

Use the following example to specify destination hosts:

apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: vmware-windows-network-loss
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # Name of the VM
        - name: VM_NAME
          value: 'test-vm-01'
       # Destination hosts to induce loss
        - name: DESTINATION_HOSTS 
          value: 'github.com'

Destination IPs

The DESTINATION_IPS environment variable specifies the destination IPs to induce loss on the target Windows VM.

Use the following example to specify destination IPs:

apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: vmware-windows-network-loss
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # Name of the VM
        - name: VM_NAME
          value: 'test-vm-01'
       # Destination IPs to induce loss
        - name: DESTINATION_IPS 
          value: '10.0.0.1,10.0.0.2'

Network packet loss percentage

The NETWORK_PACKET_LOSS_PERCENTAGE environment variable specifies the percentage of network packets to lose.

Use the following example to specify network packet loss percentage:

apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: vmware-windows-network-loss
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # Name of the VM
        - name: VM_NAME
          value: 'test-vm-01'
       # Percentage of network packets to lose
        - name: NETWORK_PACKET_LOSS_PERCENTAGE 
          value: '100'

Path of Clumsy

The PATH_OF_CLUMSY environment variable specifies the path of the Clumsy tool in the VM.

Use the following example to specify the path of Clumsy:

apiVersion: litmuschaos.io/v1alpha1
kind: ChaosEngine
metadata:
  name: engine-nginx
spec:
  engineState: "active"
  chaosServiceAccount: litmus-admin
  experiments:
  - name: vmware-windows-network-loss
    spec:
      components:
        env:
        # Name of the VM
        - name: VM_NAME
          value: 'test-vm-01'
       # Path of the Clumsy tool in the VM
        - name: PATH_OF_CLUMSY 
          value: 'C:\\Program Files\\Clumsy\\'