Chaos Mesh Training Overview
This Chaos Mesh training course introduces learners to the principles of Chaos Engineering using Chaos Mesh, an open-source chaos testing platform for Kubernetes. Attendees gain practical skills to inject, monitor, and mitigate failures in distributed systems, ensuring system resilience and reliability.
Location and Pricing
This course is taught as a private, live online class for teams of 3 or more. All our courses are hands-on, instructor-led, and tailored to fit your group’s goals and needs. Most Accelebrate classes can be flexibly scheduled for your group, including delivery in half-day segments across a week or set of weeks. To receive a customized proposal and price quote for online corporate training, please contact us.
In addition, some courses are available as live, instructor-led training from one of our partners.
Objectives
- Recognize the role of controlled failure injection in system resilience
- Learn the architecture and components of Chaos Mesh
- Install and configure Chaos Mesh in a Kubernetes environment
- Create and execute Chaos Experiments for common failure scenarios
- Analyze the impact of chaos experiments on system performance
- Use monitoring tools to observe system behavior during experiments
- Evaluate metrics and logs to identify potential system improvements
- Develop strategies to enhance resilience based on chaos experiments
- Incorporate Chaos Engineering into CI/CD pipelines for proactive failure testing
Prerequisites
All learners should have taken Intro to Docker or Kubernetes or have equivalent knowledge.
Outline
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Introduction to Chaos Engineering
- What is Chaos Engineering?
- Goals and benefits of controlled failure testing
- Chaos Engineering vs. traditional testing
Introduction to Chaos Mesh
- Overview of Chaos Mesh and its architecture.
- Installing Chaos Mesh in a Kubernetes environment.
Running Chaos Experiments
- Understanding Chaos Experiments and fault injection
- Pod failures
- Network delays or disconnections
- CPU and memory stress tests
- DNS disruptions
Monitoring and Analyzing Results
- Observing system behavior using tools like Prometheus and Grafana
- Analyzing experiment results with Chaos Dashboard
Improving Resilience and Automating Chaos
- Strategies for addressing discovered weaknesses
- Incorporating Chaos Mesh into CI/CD pipelines
Conclusion
Training Materials
All Chaos Mesh training attendees receive comprehensive courseware.
Software Requirements
Attendees will not need to install any software on their computers for this class. The class will be conducted in a remote environment that Accelebrate will provide; students will only need a local computer with a web browser and a stable Internet connection. Any recent version of Microsoft Edge, Mozilla Firefox, or Google Chrome will work well.
