There's no way to kill a single task through the Mesos control surfaces, but if you let the "chaos" framework launch tasks as a privileged user, you can run wild.
On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 2:49 PM, Srikanth Viswanathan <srikant...@gmail.com> wrote: > Sorry, ignore my first question. A framework can obviously kill tasks. I was > just unsure as to whether it can kill foreign tasks, which leaves only my > second question. > > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Srikanth Viswanathan <srikant...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> >> Appreciate all the responses here. I'll look into `mesos-execute`. >> >> I was thinking about the framework idea in passing but my mesos knowledge >> isn't up to scratch yet, so I haven't been able pursue it yet. There are >> many questions in my mind w.r.t designing this as a framework: >> * Doesn't a framework only receive offers from mesos and launch tasks? How >> would a framework kill tasks? Can it also kill slaves? >> * Is it legal in mesos for one framework to kill tasks belonging to >> another framework? >> >> Thanks. >> Srikanth >> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 4:58 PM, Connor Doyle <connor....@gmail.com> >> wrote: >>> >>> I think you could approximate that tool's behavior with some scripting >>> plus `mesos-execute` (ships with the distribution) or by writing a >>> really simple framework that just turns things off. >>> >>> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 1:14 PM, Srikanth Viswanathan >>> <srikant...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> > Thanks. Craig and David. I'm curious about the design and use of that >>> > tool. >>> > Based on the video, it looks close to what I hope to do. >>> > >>> > A web search didn't yield any results about it, however. Does anyone >>> > here >>> > know more about the dcos chaos tool? >>> > >>> > Thanks again. >>> > Srikanth >>> > >>> > On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:21 PM, craig w <codecr...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >> >>> >> here's a direct link in the video >>> >> https://youtu.be/0I6qG9RQUnY?t=389 >>> >> >>> >> On Thu, Feb 25, 2016 at 12:17 PM, David Wood <daw...@us.ibm.com> >>> >> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> The DCOS tutorial mentions a chaos tool at the end of the video. Not >>> >>> sure if that's what your looking for, but it might be something to >>> >>> follow up >>> >>> on somehow. >>> >>> >>> >>> https://mesosphere.com/learn/ >>> >>> >>> >>> David Wood >>> >>> Computing Systems for Wireless Networks >>> >>> IBM TJ Watson Research Center >>> >>> daw...@us.ibm.com >>> >>> 914-945-4923 (office), 914-396-6515 (mobile) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Srikanth Viswanathan <srikant...@gmail.com> >>> >>> To: user@mesos.apache.org >>> >>> Date: 02/25/2016 12:01 PM >>> >>> Subject: "Chaos monkey" for mesos? >>> >>> ________________________________ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Has there been any work done to develop a "chaos monkey" analogue for >>> >>> Mesos? I have been researching on how to write one, but I wanted to >>> >>> know if >>> >>> there's any work already available that I can take a look at for >>> >>> comparison, >>> >>> and possibly re-use. >>> >>> >>> >>> The end goal would be something loaded into Mesos or separate from >>> >>> Mesos >>> >>> that randomly kills tasks. Could it be something as simple as an >>> >>> application >>> >>> that uses the KILL HTTP request from the scheduler API to kill tasks? >>> >>> >>> >>> Thanks. >>> >>> >>> >>> Srikanth >>> >>> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> >>> >> -- >>> >> >>> >> https://github.com/mindscratch >>> >> https://www.google.com/+CraigWickesser >>> >> https://twitter.com/mind_scratch >>> >> https://twitter.com/craig_links >>> > >>> > >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> connor >> >> > -- connor
