# Resource Consumer

## Overview

Resource Consumer is a tool which allows to generate cpu/memory utilization in a container.
The reason why it was created is testing kubernetes autoscaling.
Resource Consumer can help with autoscaling tests for:
- cluster size autoscaling,
- horizontal autoscaling of pod - changing the size of replication controller,
- vertical autoscaling of pod - changing its resource limits.

## Usage

Resource Consumer starts an HTTP server and handle sended requests.
It listens on port given as a flag (default 8080).
Action of consuming resources is send to the container by a POST http request.
Each http request creates new process.
Http request handler is in file resource_consumer_handler.go 

The container consumes specified amount of resources:

- CPU in millicores,
- Memory in megabytes.



###Consume CPU http request

- suffix "ConsumeCPU",
- parameters "millicores" and "durationSec".

Consumes specified amount of millicores for durationSec seconds.
Consume CPU uses "./consume-cpu/consume-cpu" binary (file consume-cpu/consume_cpu.go).
When CPU consumption is too low this binary uses cpu by calculating math.sqrt(0) 10^7 times
and if consumption is too high binary sleeps for 10 millisecond.
One replica of Resource Consumer cannot consume more that 1 cpu.

###Consume Memory http request

- suffix "ConsumeMem",
- parameters "megabytes" and "durationSec".

Consumes specified amount of megabytes for durationSec seconds.
Consume Memory uses stress tool (stress -m 1 --vm-bytes megabytes --vm-hang 0 -t durationSec).
Request leading to consumig more memory then container limit will be ignored. 

###CURL example
```console
$ kubectl run resource-consumer --image=gcr.io/google_containers/resource_consumer:beta
$ kubectl expose rc resource-consumer --create-external-load-balancer=true --port=8080 --target-port=8080
$ kubectl get services resource-consumer
```

There are two IPs first one is internal, second one is the external load-balanced IP. Both serving port 8080. (Use second one)

```console
$ curl --data "millicores=300&durationSec=600" http://104.197.103.250:8080/ConsumeCPU.
```

300 millicores will be consumed for 600 seconds.

## Image

Docker image of Resource Consumer can be found in Google Container Registry as gcr.io/google_containers/resource_consumer:beta

## Use cases

###Cluster size autoscaling
1. Consume more resources on each node that is specified for autoscaler
2. Observe that cluster size increased

###Horizontal autoscaling of pod
1. Create consuming RC and start consuming appropriate amount of resources
2. Observe that RC has been resized
3. Observe that usage on each replica decreased

###Vertical autoscaling of pod
1. Create consuming pod and start consuming appropriate amount of resources
2. Observed that limits has been increased




[![Analytics](https://kubernetes-site.appspot.com/UA-36037335-10/GitHub/test/images/resource-consumer/README.md?pixel)]()
