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Version: 1.7.2

Platform Box Install And Uninstall

This document describes how to install the Chaos Engineering Platform：ChaosBlade-Box.

Install on a host​

Environment Preparation​

First, ensure that the environment is installed Java​

To see if the Helm is installed, run the following command:

java -verison

Here is the expected output:

java version "1.8.0_151"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_151-b12)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.151-b12, mixed mode)

Second, ensure that the environment can automatically install the probe：​

The following environmental safeguards，This function is mainly used when the probe is automatically installed on the platform. If this function is not required, you do not need to install it

  1. Make sure the environment is installed ansible
# Check if there is already installed
ansible --version

# install ansible, eg: Fedora || RedHat 
yum install ansible -y
  1. Make sure the environment is installed expect，let sshKey.sh and chaosblade-box-version.jar in the same directory
# Check if there is already installed
expect -v

# install expect, eg: Fedora || RedHat 
yum install expect -y
  1. generate public key
# Check if there is already a key, if there is, delete the previous backup
ls ~/.ssh
rm -rf ~/.ssh/*

# generate public key
ssh-keygen -t rsa

Running the Application​

If it's already installed MYSQL，You need to create chaosblades database，If not installed, you can pass Docker install and run

docker run -d -it -p 3306:3306 \
            -e MYSQL_DATABASE=chaosblade \
            -e MYSQL_ROOT_PASSWORD=DATASOURCE_PASSWORD \
            --name mysql-5.6 mysql:5.6 \
            --character-set-server=utf8mb4 \
            --collation-server=utf8mb4_unicode_ci \
            --default-time_zone='+8:00' \
            --lower_case_table_names=1

Notes: You need to replace DATASOURCE_PASSWORD with a custom password

You can run the following command to start the Box

nohup java -Duser.timezone=Asia/Shanghai -jar chaosblade-box-1.0.0.jar --spring.datasource.url="jdbc:mysql://DATASOURCE_HOST:3306/chaosblade?characterEncoding=utf8&useSSL=false" --spring.datasource.username=DATASOURCE_USERNAME --spring.datasource.password=DATASOURCE_PASSWORD --chaos.server.domain=BOX-HOST> chaosblade-box.log 2>&1 &

Notes: Need to replace parameter DATASOURCE_HOST、DATASOURCE_USERNAME、DATASOURCE_PASSWORD

Verify installation​

You can check whether the process exists and pass the command http://127.0.0.1:7001 Go to the platform

ps -ef | grep chaosblade-box

Uninstall ChaosBlade-Box​

If you need to uninstall ChaosBlade-Box

# 1. Check the box process pid first
ps -ef | grep chaosblade-box

# 2. Directly kill the corresponding process
kill process-pid

Installation in Kubernetes Environment​

Environment Preparation​

For details, see：[Prepare the installation Kubernetes environment](/en/docs/1.7.2/getting-started/installation-and-deployment/environment-prepare/#Prepare the installation Kubernetes environment)

Install with Helm​

First, download the Box Chart package​

See all available for download box-release，Download to local, such as:

wget https://github.com/chaosblade-io/chaosblade-box/releases/download/v1.0.2/chaosblade-box-1.0.2.tgz

Second , installation​

helm install chaosblade-box chaosblade-box-1.0.0.tgz --namespace chaosblade --set spring.datasource.password=DATASOURCE_PASSWORD

Verify installation​

To see how the Box is running, run the following command：

kubectl get po -n chaosblade

Here is the expected output:

NAME                                    READY   STATUS    RESTARTS   AGE
chaosblade-box-5bc47b676f-2gjh9         1/1     Running   0          15d
chaosblade-box-mysql-58cc864896-2jxrs   1/1     Running   0          15d

If your actual output matches the expected output, ChaosBlade-Box has been installed successfully.

⚠️Attention If the actual output STATUS is not Running, you need to run the following command to view Pod details, and then troubleshoot the problem according to the error message.

# As chaosblade-box example
kubectl describe po chaosblade-box-5bc47b676f-2gjh9 -n chaosblade

Uninstall ChaosBlade-Box​

To uninstall ChaosBladder-box, run the following command:

helm un chaosblade-box -n chaosblade