Chaos engineering
Chaos engineering is a discipline in systems engineering where engineers intentionally introduce failures into systems to ensure they can withstand unexpected disruptions. The process was born out of the need to improve system resilience in increasingly complex distributed architectures, and its roots can be traced back to companies, such as Netflix, that created related tools, such as Chaos Monkey (a tool designed to induce one specific type of failure – it randomly shuts down instances in order to simulate random server failure), to randomly terminate instances in their production environment to ensure that engineers continuously reinforce their systems against failures. Here are some key points about chaos engineering:
- Proactive approach: Instead of waiting for an unplanned disruption, chaos engineering takes a proactive approach to identify weaknesses before they cause bigger issues.
- Understanding provider-specific failures: Every cloud provider...
