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Stop Sentinel

AttackAttack
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Stops the Redis Sentinel server for a duration using DEBUG SLEEP
Targets:
Redis Instances
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Stop Sentinel

Stops the Redis Sentinel server for a duration using DEBUG SLEEP
AttackAttack
Targets:
Redis Instances
Install now

Stop Sentinel

AttackAttack
New
Stops the Redis Sentinel server for a duration using DEBUG SLEEP
Targets:
Redis Instances
Install now

Stop Sentinel

Stops the Redis Sentinel server for a duration using DEBUG SLEEP
AttackAttack
Targets:
Redis Instances
Install now
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Introduction

With this action, Steadybit can stop a Redis Sentinel server for a given duration using the DEBUG SLEEP command, making it unresponsive to simulate Sentinel failures.

Use Cases

  • Test failover behavior when a Sentinel becomes unresponsive.
  • Verify that the remaining Sentinels can still achieve quorum and trigger failover.

Parameters

ParameterDescriptionDefault
DurationHow long Sentinel should be unresponsive.30s

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