The Litmuschaos command-line tool, litmusctl, allows you to manage litmuschaos's agent plane. You can use litmusctl to connect Chaos Delegates, create project, schedule Chaos Scenarios, disconnect Chaos Delegates and manage multiple litmuschaos accounts.
For more information including a complete list of litmusctl operations, see the litmusctl reference documentation.
- For 0.23.0 or latest: Click here
- For v0.12.0 to v0.22.0: Click here
- For v0.2.0 or earlier && compatible with Litmus-2.0.0-Beta8 or earlier: Click here
The litmusctl CLI requires the following things:
- kubeconfig - litmusctl needs the kubeconfig of the k8s cluster where we need to connect litmus Chaos Delegates. The CLI currently uses the default path of kubeconfig i.e.
~/.kube/config. - kubectl- litmusctl is using kubectl under the hood to apply the manifest. To install kubectl, follow: kubectl
To check compatibility of litmusctl with Chaos Center
| litmusctl version | Lowest Chaos Center supported version | Highest Chaos Center supported version |
|---|---|---|
| 1.12.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.13.0 |
| 1.11.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.12.0 |
| 1.10.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.11.0 |
| 1.9.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.10.0 |
| 1.8.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.9.1 |
| 1.7.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.8.0 |
| 1.6.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.7.0 |
| 1.5.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.6.0 |
| 1.4.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.5.0 |
| 1.3.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.4.0 |
| 1.2.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.3.0 |
| 1.1.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.2.0 |
| 1.0.0 | 3.0.0 | 3.1.0 |
To install the latest version of litmusctl follow the below steps:
- Extract the binary
tar -zxvf litmusctl-<OS>-<ARCH>-<VERSION>.tar.gz- Provide necessary permissions
chmod +x litmusctl- Move the litmusctl binary to /usr/local/bin/litmusctl. Note: Make sure to use root user or use sudo as a prefix
mv litmusctl /usr/local/bin/litmusctl- You can run the litmusctl command in Linux/macOS:
litmusctl <command> <subcommand> <subcommand> [options and parameters]-
Extract the binary from the zip using WinZip or any other extraction tool.
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You can run the litmusctl command in windows:
litmusctl.exe <command> <subcommand> <subcommand> [options and parameters]- To check the version of the litmusctl:
litmusctl versionYou can find the local setup guide for litmusctl here.