Krkn aka Kraken
Chaos and resiliency testing tool for Kubernetes. Kraken injects deliberate failures into Kubernetes clusters to check if it is resilient to turbulent conditions.
Workflow
How to Get Started
Instructions on how to setup, configure and run Kraken can be found in the documentation.
Blogs and other useful resources
- Blog post on introduction to Kraken: https://www.openshift.com/blog/introduction-to-kraken-a-chaos-tool-for-openshift/kubernetes
- Discussion and demo on how Kraken can be leveraged to ensure OpenShift is reliable, performant and scalable: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1PvupI5sD0&ab_channel=OpenShift
- Blog post emphasizing the importance of making Chaos part of Performance and Scale runs to mimic the production environments: https://www.openshift.com/blog/making-chaos-part-of-kubernetes/openshift-performance-and-scalability-tests
- Blog post on findings from Chaos test runs: https://cloud.redhat.com/blog/openshift/kubernetes-chaos-stories
- Discussion with CNCF TAG App Delivery on Krkn workflow, features and addition to CNCF sandbox: Github, Tracker, recording
- Blog post on supercharging chaos testing using AI integration in Krkn: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/supercharging-chaos-testing-using-ai
- Blog post announcing Krkn joining CNCF Sandbox: https://www.redhat.com/en/blog/krknchaos-joining-cncf-sandbox
Roadmap
Enhancements being planned can be found in the roadmap.
Contributions
We are always looking for more enhancements, fixes to make it better, any contributions are most welcome. Feel free to report or work on the issues filed on github.
More information on how to Contribute
Community
Key Members(slack_usernames/full name): paigerube14/Paige Rubendall, mffiedler/Mike Fiedler, tsebasti/Tullio Sebastiani, yogi/Yogananth Subramanian, sahil/Sahil Shah, pradeep/Pradeep Surisetty and ravielluri/Naga Ravi Chaitanya Elluri.
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