Introduction

This action leverages GCP / Google Cloud API to manipulate the state of GCP virtual machines. More specifically, it can reset, delete, stop or suspend them.

Use Cases

• Verify auto-scaling of a Kubernetes node group.
• Understand how pods are shifted across different nodes within a Kubernetes cluster.
• Verify that system services come up on system start.
• Check that your monitoring solution informs you about this occurrence.

Rollback

Note that this attack does not support any rollback. The attack only transmits the API call, e.g., Stop or Delete virtual machine.

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Default
Action	How the virtual machine state should be changed. Reset, delete, stop or suspend.

Notes

Virtual Machines of Kubernetes Engine can be attacked as well, when the cluster is created as standard cluster (not autopilot).