azure-chaos-studio

Chaos Studio Skill

This skill provides expert guidance for Chaos Studio. Covers troubleshooting, best practices, decision making, architecture & design patterns, limits & quotas, security, configuration, integrations & coding patterns, and deployment. It combines local quick-reference content with remote documentation fetching capabilities.

How to Use This Skill

> IMPORTANT for Agent: Use the Category Index below to locate relevant sections. For categories with line ranges (e.g., L35-L120), use read_file with the specified lines. For categories with file links (e.g., [security.md](security.md)), use read_file on the linked reference file

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This skill requires network access to fetch documentation content:

• Preferred: Use mcp_microsoftdocs:microsoft_docs_fetch with query string from=learn-agent-skill. Returns Markdown.
• Fallback: Use fetch_webpage with query string from=learn-agent-skill&accept=text/markdown. Returns Markdown.

Category Index

| Category | Lines | Description |

|----------|-------|-------------|

| Troubleshooting | L37-L44 | Diagnosing and fixing Chaos Studio agent, workspace, scenario, experiment, and target issues, including status verification, run failures, and common configuration or connectivity problems. |

| Best Practices | L45-L50 | Known issues, limitations, and workarounds for the Chaos Studio agent, plus guidance for using Chaos Studio Workspaces to test AKS node zone resilience and failure scenarios. |

| Decision Making | L51-L55 | Guidance on when to use Chaos Studio Workspaces vs Experiments, comparing their capabilities, scenarios, and how to choose the right model for your chaos testing setup. |

| Architecture & Design Patterns | L56-L60 | Guidance on choosing manual vs query-based targeting for chaos experiments, including tradeoffs, scenarios, and design considerations for experiment architecture. |

| Limits & Quotas | L61-L67 | Limits, quotas, and preview constraints for Chaos Studio: experiment caps, workspace restrictions, supported scenarios, and known issues/limitations when running chaos experiments. |

| Security | L68-L80 | Configuring Chaos Studio security: networking and identity, AKS auth/IPs, managed identities and roles, CMK encryption, workspace permissions, and least-privilege custom roles. |

| Configuration | L81-L96 | Configuring Chaos Studio agents, targets, networks, and telemetry, including ARM/Bicep deployments, Private Link/VNet setup, relay containers, policies, and fault/action libraries. |

| Integrations & Coding Patterns | L97-L116 | Patterns and scripts for building, automating, and integrating Chaos Studio experiments with CLI, REST, Logic Apps, AKS, Cosmos DB, Entra ID, VM/NSG targets, and Azure Monitor. |

| Deployment | L117-L122 | Checking OS/fault support for the Chaos Studio agent, regional availability of chaos models, and version compatibility requirements for running Chaos Experiments. |

Troubleshooting

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Troubleshoot Azure Chaos Studio agent issues | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-troubleshooting |

| Verify and diagnose Chaos Studio agent status | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-verify-status |

| Troubleshoot Chaos Studio Workspaces and Scenario runs | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/troubleshoot-workspaces-scenarios |

| Troubleshoot Azure Chaos Studio experiments and targets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/troubleshooting |

Best Practices

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Review Chaos Studio agent known issues and workarounds | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-known-issues |

| Test AKS node zone resilience with Chaos Studio Workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-aks-guidance |

Decision Making

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Choose between Chaos Studio Workspaces and Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-workspaces-vs-experiments |

Architecture & Design Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Choose manual vs query-based targets for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-target-selection |

Limits & Quotas

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Review limitations and known issues for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-limitations |

| Understand Chaos Studio service limits and quotas | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-service-limits |

| Review Chaos Studio Workspaces preview limitations | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-workspaces-limitations |

Security

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Understand Chaos Studio agent networking and identity | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-concepts |

| Configure AKS authentication for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-aks-authentication |

| Authorize AKS API IP ranges for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-aks-ip-ranges |

| Assign managed identity roles to Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-assign-experiment-permissions |

| Configure customer-managed keys for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-configure-customer-managed-keys |

| Review supported Chaos resources and role assignments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-fault-providers |

| Configure permissions and security for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-permissions-security |

| Configure Chaos Studio Workspace permissions and identities | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-workspace-permissions |

| Create least-privilege custom roles for Chaos Studio Workspaces | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-workspaces-least-privilege-roles |

Configuration

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Use Chaos Studio relay container for private faults | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/azure-container-instance-details |

| Deploy Chaos Studio agent with ARM template | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-arm-template |

| Deploy Chaos Experiments with Bicep sample | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-bicep |

| Use Chaos Studio fault and action library | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-fault-library |

| Configure Private Link for Chaos Studio agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-private-link-agent-service |

| Set up virtual network injection for Chaos Studio | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-private-networking |

| Send Chaos agent telemetry to Application Insights | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-set-up-app-insights |

| Send Chaos experiment telemetry to Azure Monitor | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-set-up-azure-monitor |

| Enable Chaos Studio targets and capabilities for Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-targets-capabilities |

| Use Azure Policy to onboard Chaos Studio targets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/sample-policy-targets |

| Deploy Chaos Experiments with ARM template samples | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/sample-template-experiment |

| Deploy Chaos Studio targets with ARM templates | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/sample-template-targets |

Integrations & Coding Patterns

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Measure Chaos Experiment impact with Azure Monitor Workbooks | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-fault-metrics-and-dashboard |

| Manage Chaos Studio Workspaces and Scenarios with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-manage-cli |

| Manage Chaos Experiments with REST API samples | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-samples-rest-api |

| Simulate Microsoft Entra ID connectivity outages in Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-aad-outage-portal |

| Define agent-based CPU pressure experiments with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-agent-based-cli |

| Create agent-based CPU pressure faults in Chaos Studio portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-agent-based-portal |

| Configure AKS Chaos Mesh faults with Azure CLI | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-aks-cli |

| Configure AKS Chaos Mesh faults in Chaos Studio portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-aks-portal |

| Simulate availability zone down on VM scale sets | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-availability-zone-down-portal |

| Simulate DNS outages with NSG rules in Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-dns-outage |

| Configure dynamic VM targets with Azure CLI for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-dynamic-target-cli |

| Configure dynamic VM targets in Chaos Studio portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-dynamic-target-portal |

| Script Cosmos DB failover faults with Azure CLI and REST | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-service-direct-cli |

| Configure Cosmos DB failover faults in Chaos Studio portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-tutorial-service-direct-portal |

| Adapt Chaos experiment examples for CLI and portal | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/experiment-examples |

| Schedule recurring Chaos Experiments with Azure Logic Apps | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/tutorial-schedule |

Deployment

| Topic | URL |

|-------|-----|

| Check OS and fault support for Chaos Studio agent | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-agent-os-support |

| Check regional availability for Chaos Studio models | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-region-availability |

| Check version compatibility for Chaos Experiments | https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/chaos-studio/chaos-studio-versions |