Debugging distributed systems can be a pain. There are so many things that could go wrong, from application failures to container permissions to firewalls and networking issues. In this blog post we will get to know 6 useful CLI tools to help identify the root cause of any unexpected behavior.

This blog post covers advanced DevOps practices. To get started with DevOps you may want to read the preceding blog post on Getting to DevOps: A Checklist.

This blog post covers basic DevOps practices. If you already feel confident with DevOps you may want to read Thriving with DevOps: An Advanced Checklist.

With the frequency of patch releases being available for Pivotal Cloud Foundry (PCF), it becomes inevitable to automate their roll out in any professional operations setup. The patch releases often contain security fixes that harden the deployment, but also lot's of bug fixes that are highly useful to roll out. Typically, operators need to not only upgrade a single Cloud Foundry environment, but have to operate and patch multiple deployments of Cloud Foundry.

Automated installation of buildpack with concourse is easy. In enterprise environment you might not want to install all buildpacks directly in production. This blog post shows you how developers can test their application before the buildpacks are in production and you are still up to date.