[HBASE-18631] Allow configuration of ChaosMonkey properties via hbase-site

• Type: Improvement
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Minor
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 1.4.0, 1.3.2, 1.1.13, 2.0.0, 1.2.7
• Component/s: integration tests
• Hadoop Flags: Reviewed

Release Note

This change invalidates the need for a separate Java properties file to configure the ChaosMonkey included with HBase. These properties can be provided directly in hbase-site.xml. If configuration in provided in both locations, the Java properties file takes precendence.

• Assignee: Josh Elser
• Reporter: Josh Elser
• Created: 18/Aug/17 21:30
• Updated: 22/Aug/17 20:20
• Resolved: 20/Aug/17 20:05

Description

I noticed in some internal test automation that the code was attempting to configure some of the chaos-monkey actions via hbase-site.xml, but these weren't taking effect.

After reading the code, I found that these can only be specified via a special properties file otherwise specified. It would be nice to also allow configuration via hbase-site.