Steadybit extension-gcp

A Steadybit discovery and attack implementation to inject faults into various Google Cloud / GCP services.

Learn about the capabilities of this extension in our Reliability Hub.

Configuration

Environment Variable	Helm value	Meaning	Required	Default
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_CREDENTIALS_KEYFILE_PATH	gcp.credentialsKeyfilePath	To authorize using a JSON key file via location path (https://cloud.google.com/iam/docs/managing-service-account-keys)	false	Tries to get a client with default google apis
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_PROJECT_ID	gcp.projectID	The Google Cloud Project ID to be used	true
STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_DISCOVERY_ATTRIBUTES_EXCLUDES_VM	discovery.attributes.excludes.vm	List of Target Attributes which will be excluded during discovery. Checked by key equality and supporting trailing "*"	false

The extension supports all environment variables provided by steadybit/extension-kit.

When installed as linux package this configuration is in/etc/steadybit/extension-gcp.

Authorization configuration

Provide the credentials to authorize the extension to access the Google Cloud API. The extension supports two ways to provide the credentials: Provide a JSON key file via the environment variable STEADYBIT_EXTENSION_CREDENTIALS_KEYFILE_PATH and mount it to the extension. Or create a secret with the key credentialsKeyfileJson and provide the json there.

Installation

Kubernetes

Detailed information about agent and extension installation in kubernetes can also be found in our documentation.

Recommended (via agent helm chart)

All extensions provide a helm chart that is also integrated in the helm-chart of the agent.

You must provide additional values to activate this extension.

--set extension-gcp.enabled=true \
--set extension-gcp.gcp.projectID=YOUR_GCP_PROJECT_ID \
--set extension-gcp.gcp.credentialsKeyfilePath=PATH_TO_JSON_FILE \

Additional configuration options can be found in the helm-chart of the extension.

Alternative (via own helm chart)

If you need more control, you can install the extension via its dedicated helm-chart.

helm repo add steadybit-extension-gcp https://steadybit.github.io/extension-gcp
helm repo update
helm upgrade steadybit-extension-gcp \
    --install \
    --wait \
    --timeout 5m0s \
    --create-namespace \
    --namespace steadybit-agent \
    --set gcp.projectID=YOUR_GCP_PROJECT_ID \
    --set gcp.credentialsKeyfilePath=PATH_TO_JSON_FILE \
    steadybit-extension-gcp/steadybit-extension-gcp

Linux Package

Please use our agent-linux.sh script to install the extension on your Linux machine. The script will download the latest version of the extension and install it using the package manager.

After installing, configure the extension by editing /etc/steadybit/extension-gcp and then restart the service.

Extension registration

Make sure that the extension is registered with the agent. In most cases this is done automatically. Please refer to the documentation for more information about extension registration and how to verify.

Authorization scopes

Discovery

To discover vm instances, the extension needs:

OAuth Scopes

one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute.readonly
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

• compute.instances.list

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.

Attack

To attack vm instances, the extension needs:

OAuth Scopes

one of the following OAuth scopes:

• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/compute
• https://www.googleapis.com/auth/cloud-platform

IAM Permissions

In addition to any permissions specified on the fields above, authorization requires one or more of the following IAM permissions:

• compute.instances.reset
• compute.instances.stop
• compute.instances.suspend
• compute.instances.delete

To find predefined roles that contain those permissions, see Compute Engine IAM Roles.