Running Your First Chaos Engineering Experiment with Litmus
How to install Litmus on Kubernetes and run a controlled failure experiment from a written hypothesis to a verdict you can act on, without breaking production by accident.
Write down a hypothesis and a steady-state metric before touching anything
CriticalRun the first experiment in staging on a single stateless workload
CriticalInstall Litmus in its own namespace with Helm
CriticalConfirm the chaos CRDs and operator are installed and healthy
CriticalCreate a ServiceAccount with only the permissions the experiment needs
CriticalInstall the pod-delete ChaosExperiment from ChaosHub
Add probes so the experiment knows what 'healthy' means
CriticalWrite the ChaosEngine with exact label selectors and a short duration
CriticalApply the ChaosEngine and tail the runner pod and ChaosResult
Keep your real dashboards and logs open while chaos is running
CriticalRead the ChaosResult, then delete the ChaosEngine
Increase blast radius only after a clean run
Write up the run and file tickets for whatever broke
CriticalSchedule a recurring gameday so the system stays tested
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