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Istio HTTP Abort

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Injects a HTTP abort fault into all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services. Abort requests before forwarding, emulating various failures such as network issues, overloaded upstream service, etc.
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
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Istio HTTP Abort

Injects a HTTP abort fault into all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services. Abort requests before forwarding, emulating various failures such as network issues, overloaded upstream service, etc.
AttackAttack
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
Install now

Istio HTTP Abort

AttackAttack
Injects a HTTP abort fault into all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services. Abort requests before forwarding, emulating various failures such as network issues, overloaded upstream service, etc.
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
Install now

Istio HTTP Abort

Injects a HTTP abort fault into all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services. Abort requests before forwarding, emulating various failures such as network issues, overloaded upstream service, etc.
AttackAttack
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
Install now
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Introduction

Leverage Istio's native capabilities to inject specific HTTP status codes into inter-service communication or traffic coming from gateways.

Use Cases

  • Simulate (partial) service outages
  • Simulate misbehaving services
  • Simulate networking issues between services and gateways

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefault
DurationHow long should the fault be injected?30s
PercentageWhat percentage of requests should be aborted?50%
HTTP status codeStatus code to abort the HTTP request with.500
HeadersA list of headers required to be present in the request before the fault is injected. If not specified, the fault will be injected for all requests.
HTTP header match typeThe type of match to be performed on the header. If not specified, the match type is exact.
Source LabelsA list of labels that should be present in the source service instance before the fault is injected. If not specified, the fault will be injected for all requests.

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Homepage
hub.steadybit.com/extension/com.steadybit.extension_istio
GitHub
steadybit/extension-istio
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License
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