litmus/mkdocs/docs/experiments/concepts/chaos-resources/chaos-scheduler/state.md

Halt/Resume ChaosSchedule

Chaos Schedules can be halted or resumed as per need. It can tuned via setting spec.scheduleState to halt and active respectively.

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<th>Field</th>
<td><code>.spec.scheduleState</code></td>
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<th>Description</th>
<td>Flag to control chaosshedule state </td>
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<th>Type</th>
<td>Optional</td>
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<th>Range</th>
<td><code>active</code>, <code>halt</code>, <code>complete</code></td>
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<th>Default</th>
<td><code>active</code></td>
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<th>Notes</th>
<td>The <code>scheduleState</code> is the current state of ChaosSchedule. If the schedule is running its state will be <code>active</code>, if the schedule is halted its state will be <code>halt</code> and if the schedule is completed it state will be <code>complete</code>.</td>
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Halt The Schedule

Follow the below steps to halt the active schedule:

• Edit the ChaosSchedule CR in your favourite editor

kubectl edit chaosschedule schedule-nginx

• Change the spec.scheduleState to halt

spec:
  scheduleState: halt

Resume The Schedule

Follow the below steps to resume the halted schedule:

• Edit the chaosschedule

kubectl edit chaosschedule schedule-nginx

• Change the spec.scheduleState to active

spec:
  scheduleState: active