Quickstart: Service-to-component resiliency

Get started with Dapr’s resiliency capabilities via the state management API

Observe Dapr resiliency capabilities by simulating a system failure. In this Quickstart, you will:

Execute a microservice application that continuously persists and retrieves state via Dapr’s state management API.
Trigger resiliency policies by simulating a system failure.
Resolve the failure and the microservice application will resume.

Diagram showing the resiliency applied to Dapr APIs

Select your preferred language-specific Dapr SDK before proceeding with the Quickstart.

Pre-requisites

For this example, you will need:

Docker Desktop

Step 1: Set up the environment

Clone the sample provided in the Quickstarts repo.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/quickstarts.git

In a terminal window, navigate to the order-processor directory.

cd ../state_management/python/sdk/order-processor

Install dependencies

pip3 install -r requirements.txt

Step 2: Run the application

Run the order-processor service alongside a Dapr sidecar. The Dapr sidecar then loads the resiliency spec located in the resources directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Resiliency
metadata:
  name: myresiliency
scopes:
  - checkout

spec:
  policies:
    retries:
      retryForever:
        policy: constant
        maxInterval: 5s
        maxRetries: -1 

    circuitBreakers:
      simpleCB:
        maxRequests: 1
        timeout: 5s 
        trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

  targets:
    apps:
      order-processor:
        retry: retryForever
        circuitBreaker: simpleCB

dapr run --app-id order-processor --resources-path ../../../resources/ -- python3

Once the application has started, the order-processorservice writes and reads orderId key/value pairs to the statestore Redis instance defined in the statestore.yaml component.

== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '4' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '4' }

Step 3: Introduce a fault

Simulate a fault by stopping the Redis container instance that was initialized when executing dapr init on your development machine. Once the instance is stopped, write and read operations from the order-processor service begin to fail.

Since the resiliency.yaml spec defines statestore as a component target, all failed requests will apply retry and circuit breaker policies:

  targets:
    components:
      statestore:
        outbound:
          retry: retryForever
          circuitBreaker: simpleCB

In a new terminal window, run the following command to stop Redis:

docker stop dapr_redis

Once Redis is stopped, the requests begin to fail and the retry policy titled retryForever is applied. The output below shows the logs from the order-processor service:

INFO[0006] Error processing operation component[statestore] output. Retrying...

As per the retryForever policy, retries will continue for each failed request indefinitely, in 5 second intervals.

retryForever:
  policy: constant
  maxInterval: 5s
  maxRetries: -1

Once 5 consecutive retries have failed, the circuit breaker policy, simpleCB, is tripped and the breaker opens, halting all requests:

INFO[0026] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from closed to open

circuitBreakers:
  simpleCB:
  maxRequests: 1
  timeout: 5s 
  trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

After 5 seconds has surpassed, the circuit breaker will switch to a half-open state, allowing one request through to verify if the fault has been resolved. If the request continues to fail, the circuit will trip back to the open state.

INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to open 
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to closed

This half-open/open behavior will continue for as long as the Redis container is stopped.

Step 3: Remove the fault

Once you restart the Redis container on your machine, the application will recover seamlessly, picking up where it left off.

docker start dapr_redis

INFO[0036] Recovered processing operation component[statestore] output.  
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '9' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '9' }

Pre-requisites

For this example, you will need:

Docker Desktop

Step 1: Set up the environment

Clone the sample provided in the Quickstarts repo.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/quickstarts.git

In a terminal window, navigate to the order-processor directory.

cd ../state_management/javascript/sdk/order-processor

Install dependencies

npm install

Step 2: Run the application

Run the order-processor service alongside a Dapr sidecar. The Dapr sidecar then loads the resiliency spec located in the resources directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Resiliency
metadata:
  name: myresiliency
scopes:
  - checkout

spec:
  policies:
    retries:
      retryForever:
        policy: constant
        maxInterval: 5s
        maxRetries: -1 

    circuitBreakers:
      simpleCB:
        maxRequests: 1
        timeout: 5s 
        trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

  targets:
    apps:
      order-processor:
        retry: retryForever
        circuitBreaker: simpleCB

dapr run --app-id order-processor --resources-path ../../../resources/ -- npm start

Once the application has started, the order-processorservice writes and reads orderId key/value pairs to the statestore Redis instance defined in the statestore.yaml component.

== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '4' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '4' }

Step 3: Introduce a fault

Since the resiliency.yaml spec defines statestore as a component target, all failed requests will apply retry and circuit breaker policies:

  targets:
    components:
      statestore:
        outbound:
          retry: retryForever
          circuitBreaker: simpleCB

In a new terminal window, run the following command to stop Redis:

docker stop dapr_redis

Once Redis is stopped, the requests begin to fail and the retry policy titled retryForever is applied. The output below shows the logs from the order-processor service:

INFO[0006] Error processing operation component[statestore] output. Retrying...

As per the retryForever policy, retries will continue for each failed request indefinitely, in 5 second intervals.

retryForever:
  policy: constant
  maxInterval: 5s
  maxRetries: -1

Once 5 consecutive retries have failed, the circuit breaker policy, simpleCB, is tripped and the breaker opens, halting all requests:

INFO[0026] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from closed to open

circuitBreakers:
  simpleCB:
  maxRequests: 1
  timeout: 5s 
  trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to open 
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to closed

This half-open/open behavior will continue for as long as the Redis container is stopped.

Step 3: Remove the fault

Once you restart the Redis container on your machine, the application will recover seamlessly, picking up where it left off.

docker start dapr_redis

INFO[0036] Recovered processing operation component[statestore] output.  
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '9' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '9' }

Pre-requisites

For this example, you will need:

Docker Desktop

Step 1: Set up the environment

Clone the sample provided in the Quickstarts repo.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/quickstarts.git

In a terminal window, navigate to the order-processor directory.

cd ../state_management/csharp/sdk/order-processor

Install dependencies

dotnet restore
dotnet build

Step 2: Run the application

Run the order-processor service alongside a Dapr sidecar. The Dapr sidecar then loads the resiliency spec located in the resources directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Resiliency
metadata:
  name: myresiliency
scopes:
  - checkout

spec:
  policies:
    retries:
      retryForever:
        policy: constant
        maxInterval: 5s
        maxRetries: -1 

    circuitBreakers:
      simpleCB:
        maxRequests: 1
        timeout: 5s 
        trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

  targets:
    apps:
      order-processor:
        retry: retryForever
        circuitBreaker: simpleCB

dapr run --app-id order-processor --resources-path ../../../resources/ -- dotnet run

Once the application has started, the order-processorservice writes and reads orderId key/value pairs to the statestore Redis instance defined in the statestore.yaml component.

== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '4' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '4' }

Step 3: Introduce a fault

Since the resiliency.yaml spec defines statestore as a component target, all failed requests will apply retry and circuit breaker policies:

  targets:
    components:
      statestore:
        outbound:
          retry: retryForever
          circuitBreaker: simpleCB

In a new terminal window, run the following command to stop Redis:

docker stop dapr_redis

Once Redis is stopped, the requests begin to fail and the retry policy titled retryForever is applied. The output below shows the logs from the order-processor service:

INFO[0006] Error processing operation component[statestore] output. Retrying...

As per the retryForever policy, retries will continue for each failed request indefinitely, in 5 second intervals.

retryForever:
  policy: constant
  maxInterval: 5s
  maxRetries: -1

Once 5 consecutive retries have failed, the circuit breaker policy, simpleCB, is tripped and the breaker opens, halting all requests:

INFO[0026] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from closed to open

circuitBreakers:
  simpleCB:
  maxRequests: 1
  timeout: 5s 
  trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to open 
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to closed

This half-open/open behavior will continue for as long as the Redis container is stopped.

Step 3: Remove the fault

Once you restart the Redis container on your machine, the application will recover seamlessly, picking up where it left off.

docker start dapr_redis

INFO[0036] Recovered processing operation component[statestore] output.  
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '9' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '9' }

Pre-requisites

For this example, you will need:

Dapr CLI and initialized environment.
Java JDK 11 (or greater):
- Oracle JDK, or
- OpenJDK
Apache Maven, version 3.x.

Docker Desktop

Step 1: Set up the environment

Clone the sample provided in the Quickstarts repo.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/quickstarts.git

In a terminal window, navigate to the order-processor directory.

cd ../state_management/java/sdk/order-processor

Install dependencies

mvn clean install

Step 2: Run the application

Run the order-processor service alongside a Dapr sidecar. The Dapr sidecar then loads the resiliency spec located in the resources directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Resiliency
metadata:
  name: myresiliency
scopes:
  - checkout

spec:
  policies:
    retries:
      retryForever:
        policy: constant
        maxInterval: 5s
        maxRetries: -1 

    circuitBreakers:
      simpleCB:
        maxRequests: 1
        timeout: 5s 
        trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

  targets:
    apps:
      order-processor:
        retry: retryForever
        circuitBreaker: simpleCB

dapr run --app-id order-processor --resources-path ../../../resources/ -- java -jar target/OrderProcessingService-0.0.1-SNAPSHOT.jar

Once the application has started, the order-processorservice writes and reads orderId key/value pairs to the statestore Redis instance defined in the statestore.yaml component.

== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '4' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '4' }

Step 3: Introduce a fault

Since the resiliency.yaml spec defines statestore as a component target, all failed requests will apply retry and circuit breaker policies:

  targets:
    components:
      statestore:
        outbound:
          retry: retryForever
          circuitBreaker: simpleCB

In a new terminal window, run the following command to stop Redis:

docker stop dapr_redis

Once Redis is stopped, the requests begin to fail and the retry policy titled retryForever is applied. The output below shows the logs from the order-processor service:

INFO[0006] Error processing operation component[statestore] output. Retrying...

As per the retryForever policy, retries will continue for each failed request indefinitely, in 5 second intervals.

retryForever:
  policy: constant
  maxInterval: 5s
  maxRetries: -1

Once 5 consecutive retries have failed, the circuit breaker policy, simpleCB, is tripped and the breaker opens, halting all requests:

INFO[0026] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from closed to open

circuitBreakers:
  simpleCB:
  maxRequests: 1
  timeout: 5s 
  trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to open 
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to closed

This half-open/open behavior will continue for as long as the Redis container is stopped.

Step 3: Remove the fault

Once you restart the Redis container on your machine, the application will recover seamlessly, picking up where it left off.

docker start dapr_redis

INFO[0036] Recovered processing operation component[statestore] output.  
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '9' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '9' }

Pre-requisites

For this example, you will need:

Docker Desktop

Step 1: Set up the environment

Clone the sample provided in the Quickstarts repo.

git clone https://github.com/dapr/quickstarts.git

In a terminal window, navigate to the order-processor directory.

cd ../state_management/go/sdk/order-processor

Install dependencies

go build .

Step 2: Run the application

Run the order-processor service alongside a Dapr sidecar. The Dapr sidecar then loads the resiliency spec located in the resources directory:

apiVersion: dapr.io/v1alpha1
kind: Resiliency
metadata:
  name: myresiliency
scopes:
  - checkout

spec:
  policies:
    retries:
      retryForever:
        policy: constant
        maxInterval: 5s
        maxRetries: -1 

    circuitBreakers:
      simpleCB:
        maxRequests: 1
        timeout: 5s 
        trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

  targets:
    apps:
      order-processor:
        retry: retryForever
        circuitBreaker: simpleCB

dapr run --app-id order-processor --resources-path ../../../resources -- go run .

Once the application has started, the order-processorservice writes and reads orderId key/value pairs to the statestore Redis instance defined in the statestore.yaml component.

== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '1' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '2' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '3' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '4' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '4' }

Step 3: Introduce a fault

Since the resiliency.yaml spec defines statestore as a component target, all failed requests will apply retry and circuit breaker policies:

  targets:
    components:
      statestore:
        outbound:
          retry: retryForever
          circuitBreaker: simpleCB

In a new terminal window, run the following command to stop Redis:

docker stop dapr_redis

Once Redis is stopped, the requests begin to fail and the retry policy titled retryForever is applied. The output belows shows the logs from the order-processor service:

INFO[0006] Error processing operation component[statestore] output. Retrying...

As per the retryForever policy, retries will continue for each failed request indefinitely, in 5 second intervals.

retryForever:
  policy: constant
  maxInterval: 5s
  maxRetries: -1

Once 5 consecutive retries have failed, the circuit breaker policy, simpleCB, is tripped and the breaker opens, halting all requests:

INFO[0026] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from closed to open

circuitBreakers:
  simpleCB:
  maxRequests: 1
  timeout: 5s 
  trip: consecutiveFailures >= 5

INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0031] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to open 
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from open to half-open  
INFO[0036] Circuit breaker "simpleCB-statestore" changed state from half-open to closed

This half-open/open behavior will continue for as long as the Redis container is stopped.

Step 3: Remove the fault

Once you restart the Redis container on your machine, the application will recover seamlessly, picking up where it left off.

docker start dapr_redis

INFO[0036] Recovered processing operation component[statestore] output.  
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '5' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '6' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '7' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '8' }
== APP == Saving Order:  { orderId: '9' }
== APP == Getting Order:  { orderId: '9' }

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