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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -o errexit
+set -o pipefail
+
+script_dir=$( cd -- "$(dirname -- "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" &> /dev/null && pwd)
+project_dir="${script_dir}/.."
+fixtures_dir="${project_dir}/e2e/fixtures"
+fixture_variant="${FIXTURE_VARIANT:-large}"
+fixture_extra_vars="${FIXTURE_EXTRA_VARS}"
+
+# Simulates losing a Docker Swarm node, but retains all Etcd data so that we can
+# focus on just the Docker Swarm and database instance recovery steps
+simulate_swarm_node_loss() {
+	local host_id
+
+	for host_id in $@; do
+		echo "=== simulating swarm node loss on ${host_id} ==="
+		echo
+
+		ssh -T -F ~/.lima/${host_id}/ssh.config lima-${host_id} <<-'EOF'
+			if [[ $(docker info --format '{{.Swarm.LocalNodeState}}') == "active" ]]; then
+				docker swarm leave --force
+			else
+				echo "node already left swarm"
+			fi
+			echo "removing instances data directory"
+			sudo rm -rf /data/control-plane/instances
+EOF
+		echo
+	done
+}
+
+# Simulates losing an Etcd node, but retains Docker Swarm so that we can focus
+# on just the Control Plane and database instance recovery steps
+simulate_etcd_node_loss() {
+	local host_id
+
+	for host_id in $@; do
+		echo "=== simulating etcd node loss on ${host_id} ==="
+		echo
+
+		# We're using xargs here to gracefully ignore when the services do not
+		# exist
+		ssh -T -F ~/.lima/host-1/ssh.config lima-host-1 <<-EOF
+			echo "removing control-plane swarm service"
+			docker service ls \
+				--filter 'name=control-plane_${host_id}' \
+				--format '{{ .Name }}' \
+				| xargs -r docker service rm
+
+			echo "removing all database swarm services"
+			docker service ls \
+				--filter 'label=pgedge.host.id=${host_id}' \
+				--format '{{ .Name }}' \
+				| xargs -r docker service rm 
+EOF
+
+		ssh -T -F ~/.lima/${host_id}/ssh.config lima-${host_id} <<-EOF
+			echo "removing control-plane data directory"
+			sudo rm -rf /data/control-plane
+EOF
+		echo
+	done
+}
+
+# This is most similar to a real disaster recovery scenario. We're losing the
+# entire machine as well as all of its storage. Whatever replacement machine we
+# start up may or may not have the same IP address.
+simulate_full_loss() {
+	local host_id
+
+	for host_id in $@; do
+		echo "=== simulating full loss of ${host_id} ==="
+		echo
+
+		limactl stop ${host_id}
+		limactl delete ${host_id}
+
+		echo
+	done
+}
+
+# Resets Swarm and the Control Plane on all hosts and returns the Control Plane
+# to an uninitialized state.
+reset() {
+	echo "=== resetting all hosts ==="
+	echo
+
+	VARIANT="${fixture_variant}" \
+	EXTRA_VARS="${fixture_extra_vars}" \
+	make -C "${fixtures_dir}" \
+		deploy-lima-machines
+
+	for host_id in $(limactl ls | awk '$1~/^host-/ && $2 == "Running" { print $1 }'); do
+		echo "resetting swarm on ${host_id}"
+
+		ssh -T -F ~/.lima/${host_id}/ssh.config lima-${host_id} <<-'EOF'
+			if [[ $(docker info --format '{{.Swarm.LocalNodeState}}') == "active" ]]; then
+				docker swarm leave --force
+			else
+				echo "node already left swarm"
+			fi
+			echo "removing control-plane data directory"
+			sudo rm -rf /data/control-plane
+		EOF
+	done
+
+	make -C "${project_dir}" goreleaser-build
+
+	VARIANT="${fixture_variant}" \
+	EXTRA_VARS="${fixture_extra_vars}" \
+	make -C "${fixtures_dir}" \
+		setup-lima-hosts \
+		teardown-lima-control-plane \
+		deploy-lima-control-plane
+}
+
+usage() {
+cat <<EOF
+Usage: $1 <swarm|etcd|full> <host-id> [host-id ...]
+
+Simulates disasters against the Lima test fixtures. Supports three different
+different types of disasters to enable us to develop some recovery steps in
+parallel:
+
+- swarm: simulates losing a Swarm node and database instance data without losing
+  Etcd data
+- etcd: simulates losing a Control Plane/Etcd instance without losing Swarm
+  quorum.
+- full: simulates losing an entire host, affecting both Swarm and Control
+  Plane/Etcd.
+
+NOTE: This is only intended to be run against swarm manager/etcd server hosts.
+
+Examples:
+	# Simulating losing Swarm on one host
+	$1 swarm host-1
+
+	# Simulate losing Swarm on two hosts in order to lose quorum
+	$1 swarm host-1 host-3
+
+	# Simulate losing Control Plane/Etcd on one host
+	$1 etcd host-1
+
+	# Simulate losing Control Plane/Etcd on two hosts in order to lose quorum
+	$1 etcd host-1 host-3
+
+	# Simulate full loss of one host
+	$1 full host-1
+
+	# Simulate full loss of two hosts to lose quorum
+	$1 full host-1 host-3
+
+	# Reset the fixture back to its initial state
+	$1 reset
+
+	# Remember to include the fixture variant if you're using a non-default one
+	FIXTURE_VARIANT=small $1 reset
+EOF
+}
+
+main() {
+	case $1 in
+		swarm)
+			simulate_swarm_node_loss ${@:2}
+			;;
+		etcd)
+			simulate_etcd_node_loss ${@:2}
+			;;
+		full)
+			simulate_full_node_loss ${@:2}
+			;;
+		reset)
+			reset
+			;;
+		--help|-h)
+			usage $0
+			;;
+		*) 
+			usage $0
+			exit 1
+			;;
+	esac
+}
+
+main $@