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Istio HTTP Delay

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Delays requests on all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services before they are forwarded.
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Istio Virtual services
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Istio HTTP Delay

Delays requests on all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services before they are forwarded.
AttackAttack
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
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Istio HTTP Delay

AttackAttack
Delays requests on all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services before they are forwarded.
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
Install now

Istio HTTP Delay

Delays requests on all HTTP routes of the targeted virtual services before they are forwarded.
AttackAttack
Targets:
Istio Virtual services
Install now
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Introduction

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

Use Cases

  • Simulate network latency between services
  • Simulate network latency between services and gateways

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefault
DurationHow long should the fault be injected?30s
PercentageWhat percentage of requests should be delayed?50%
DelayHow long should the request be delayed?5s
For requests with HTTP headers(optional) A 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.exact
For requests from sources labeled with(optional) Restrict fault injection to requests from source workloads with the given labels.

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Istio
Service Mesh
Kubernetes
Network
HTTP
gRPC
Latency
Delay
Homepage
hub.steadybit.com/extension/com.steadybit.extension_istio
GitHub
steadybit/extension-istio
ghcr.io
steadybit/extension-istio
License
MIT
MaintainerSteadybit
support@steadybit.com
https://steadybit.com
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