README.md

Istio Chaos Shopping Demo

Demo of Chaos Engineering with Istio, Kubernetes and Spring Boot based on Benjamin Wilms' Chaos Monkey for Spring Boot demo.

Prerequisites

• Installed kubectl
• Installed istioctl
• Installed minikube

How to deploy to minikube cluster

1. Clone repository
   git clone https://github.com/denniseffing/chaos-monkey-spring-boot-demo.git
2. Checkout istio branch
   git checkout istio
3. Start up minikube cluster
   minikube start --memory=6144 --cpus=4
4. Install Istio into the cluster
   istioctl manifest apply --set profile=demo --wait
5. Deploy shopping demo to cluster
   kubectl apply -f ./k8s
6. Apply Istio configuration for shopping demo
   kubectl apply -f ./istio

How to access

1. Enable loadbalanced services for minikube (keep process running in the background)
   minikube tunnel
2. Retrieve IP of Istio's ingressgateway
   kubectl -n istio-system get service istio-ingressgateway -o jsonpath='{.status.loadBalancer.ingress[0].ip}'
3. Add IP to hosts file of your OS using hostname shopping.demo
4. Access shopping demo at shopping.demo/startpage>

What you will find