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Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry 10.0
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Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry overview
Release Notes
VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry v10.0 Release Notes
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry v10.0 Breaking Changes
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Component Updates
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Pre-Release Component Updates
VMware Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows v10.0 Release Notes
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry [Windows] Component Updates
Isolation Segment v10.0 Release Notes
Isolation Segment Component Updates
Architecture
Components
Tanzu for CF runtime components
Diego components and architecture
Tanzu for CF Routing architecture
Cloud Controller
Cloud Controller blobstore
Garden components
GrootFS disk usage
HTTP routing
User Accounts and Authentication overview
Services
CredHub
App Management
How apps are staged
The app container lifecycle on Diego architecture
How Diego balances app processes
High availability in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
How Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry maintains high availability
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry security
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Installing
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry resource requirements
Configuring Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Prerequisites
Add Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry to Tanzu Operations Manager
Configure Tanzu CF features
Domains
Networking
App containers
App Developer Controls
Authentication and enterprise SSO
UAA
CredHub
Databases
File Storage
Cloud Controller
Smoke tests
Errands
Resources
Stemcell
Complete the Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Installation
Configure optional features
Internal MySQL
System logging
Custom branding and Apps Manager
Email notifications
App Autoscaler
Advanced features
Metric Registrar
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry on vSphere requirements
Quick start Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry configuration
vSphere virtual disk types
Deploying Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry with NSX-T networking
Deploying Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry to AVS
Deploying Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry to VCF
Deploying Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry to VMC
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows overview
Windows Diego Cell architecture
Installing and Configuring Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows
Downloading or creating Windows stemcells
Creating a Windows Stemcell for vSphere using stembuild
Windows Diego Cells in isolation segments
Windows authentication for .Net apps
Upgrading Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows and Windows stemcells
Migrating apps to Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows
Troubleshooting Windows Diego Cells
Isolation Segment
Installing Isolation Segment
Managing isolation segments
Routing for isolation segments
Upgrading Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Preparing Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry for upgrades
What happens during Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry upgrades
cf push availability during Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry upgrades
Upgrading from Small Footprint to full Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Administering Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Managing the Runtime
Configuring file storage for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Configuring load balancing for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Configuring SSL termination for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry on vSphere
Identifying the API endpoint for Your Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry instance
Creating and modifying quota plans
Stopping and starting virtual machines
Scaling Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Scaling Cloud Controller
Cloud Controller Multi-Process Mode
Configuring Diego Cell disk cleanup scheduling
Examining GrootFS disk usage
Using metadata
Custom-branding Apps Manager
Planning Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry orgs and spaces
Orgs, spaces, roles, and permissions
CPU entitlement in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Enabling Developers
Using Docker in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Using Docker registries
Enabling volume services
Managing Service Brokers
Managing access to Service Plans
Dashboard Single Sign on
Using feature flags
Managing custom buildpacks
Supporting WebSockets
Distributed tracing
Enabling W3C tracing
Enabling Zipkin tracing
Managing internal MySQL
Monitoring the health of your MySQL via the MySQL Proxy
Scaling your internal MySQL
Running mysql-diag
Recovering from MySQL cluster downtime
User accounts and communications
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry user types
Creating and managing users with the cf CLI
Creating and managing users with the UAA CLI (UAAC)
Creating new Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry user accounts
Configuring UAA password policy
Adding existing SAML or LDAP users to a Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry deployment
Configuring app security groups for email notifications
Get started with the Notifications Service
UAA
User Account and Authentication server
User Account and Authentication concepts
Identity providers in UAA
UAA performance metrics
Configuring authentication and enterprise SSO for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Configuring authentication and enterprise SSO for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Configuring CA as an identity provider
Configuring PingFederate as an identity provider
Traffic and security
Front end
Securing incoming traffic
Configuring SSH access for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
App SSH components and processes
Configuring front end idle timeout for Gorouter and HAProxy
Load balancing and routing
Using your own load balancer
Enabling and configuring TCP routing
Enabling IPv6 for hosted apps
Configuring HTTP/2 support
Configuring proxy settings for all apps
Switching app domains
TLS connections in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Configuring load balancer health checks for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry routers
Configuring route service lookup
Configuring delayed job priorities with Cloud Controller
Internal app security
Container security
Container-to-container networking
App security groups
Restricting app access to internal Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Components
Certificates and Credentials
Rotating runtime CredHub encryption keys
Rotating the Cloud Controller database encryption key
Securing service instance credentials with runtime CredHub
Providing a certificate for your TLS termination point
Trusted system certificates
Bulletin Board System data store encryption
CredHub
CredHub credential types
Backing up and restoring CredHub instances
Using hardware security modules with CredHub
Using a key management service with CredHub
Setting up and deploying CredHub with BOSH
Troubleshooting CredHub
Component Communications
BOSH DNS network communications
Cloud Controller network communications
Container-to-container network communications
CredHub network communications
Diego network communications
Logging and Metrics Network Communications
MySQL network communications
NATS network communications
Routing network communications
UAA network communications
Managing apps and their stacks
Using the Stack Auditor plug-in
Changing stacks
Restaging your apps on a Windows stack
Developing apps
Designing and running your app in the cloud
Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry environment variables
Available Cloud Controller API client libraries
Routes and domains
Configuring routes and domains
Configuring per-route options
Routing HTTP/2 and gRPC traffic to apps
Configuring Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry to route traffic to apps on custom ports
Managing apps with the cf CLI
Running tasks in your apps
Scaling your app using Cloud Foundry CLI (cf scale)
Using Cloud Foundry health checks
Cloud Foundry API app revisions
Configuring container-to-container networking
Managing services
Service Brokers
Service Broker examples
Binding credentials
Service instance sharing
App Log streaming
Offering route services
Supporting multiple Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Instances
Managing service instances with the cf CLI
Sharing service instances
Delivering service credentials to an app
Managing service keys
Managing app requests with route services
Configuring Play Framework service connections
Using an external file system (volume services)
User-provided service instances
Streaming app logs
Streaming app logs to Log Management Services
Streaming app logs to third-party services
Streaming app logs to Splunk
Streaming app logs with Fluentd
Streaming app logs to Azure OMS Log Analytics
Using metrics with drain logs
SSH for apps and services
Configuring SSH access for your deployment
Accessing your apps with SSH
Accessing Services with SSH
Buildpacks
Cloud Foundry Buildpacks
CF Buildpack Languages and Sources
Classic Buildpacks
Using Classic Buildpacks in Cloud Foundry
Cloud Native Buildpacks
Working with Cloud Native in Cloud Foundry
Binary buildpack
Go buildpack
HWC (.NET Framework)
HWC buildpack
Creating an extension buildpack for .NET apps
Tips for .NET Framework developers
Java
Java buildpack
Using Cloud Foundry Java buildpack
Cloud Foundry Java Client Library
Using Java Native Image buildpack
Configuring service connections
.NET Core buildpack
NGINX buildpack
Node.js
Node.js buildpack
Node.js buildpack-specific information
Environment variables defined by the Node buildpack
Configuring service connections for Node.js
PHP
PHP buildpack
PHP buildpacks in Cloud Foundry
Getting started deploying PHP apps
PHP buildpack configuration
Composer
Sessions
New Relic
Python buildpack
R buildpack
Ruby
Ruby buildpack
Tips for Ruby developers
Getting started deploying Ruby apps
Getting started deploying Ruby apps
Getting started deploying Ruby on Rails apps
Configuring Rake Tasks for deployed apps
Environment variables defined by the Ruby buildpack
Configuring service connections for Ruby
Support for Windows Gemfiles
Staticfile buildpack
Commercial buildpacks
Overview: CF and Cloud Native
Java
Java Native Image (beta)
Kerberos
Web Servers (beta)
Using buildpacks
Working with buildpacks
Stack association
Pushing your app with multiple buildpacks
Using a proxy server
Supported binary dependencies
Production server configuration
Sidecar buildpacks
Customizing and developing buildpacks
Customizing and developing buildpacks
Creating custom buildpacks
Packaging dependencies for offline buildpacks
Merging with upstream buildpacks
Upgrading dependency versions
Releasing a new buildpack version
Updating buildpack-related gems
Deploying apps
Pushing apps to Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Pushing your app using Cloud Foundry CLI (cf push)
Deploying with app manifests
App manifest attribute reference
Deploying an app with Docker
Deploying your large apps
Starting, restarting, and restaging apps
Pushing an app with multiple processes
Running cf push sub-step commands
Configuring app deployments
Pushing apps with sidecar processes
Using blue-green deployment to reduce downtime
Troubleshooting app deployment and health
Pushing apps to Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Windows
Deploying .NET apps
Using SMB volumes in .NET apps
Developing and pushing .NET Framework apps
Getting started deploying Java apps
Getting started deploying Grails apps
Getting started deploying Ratpack apps
Getting started deploying Spring apps
Managing apps
Using Apps Manager
Learning about Apps Manager
Getting started with Apps Manager
Logging in to Apps Manager
Managing orgs and spaces using Apps Manager
Managing your user roles with Apps Manager
Use Apps Manager to add and bind services
Managing apps and service instances using Apps Manager
Viewing your ASGs in Apps Manager
Configuring your Spring Boot Actuator endpoints for Apps Manager
Using Spring Boot Actuators with Apps Manager
Configuring multi-foundation support in Apps Manager
Scaling an app using App Autoscaler
About App Autoscaler
Scaling an app with App Autoscaler
Using the App Autoscaler CLI
Using the App Autoscaler API
Using CPU Entitlement Utilization as a scaling metric
Using HTTP latency as a scaling metric
Using RabbitMQ queue depth as a scaling metric
Use custom scaling metrics
Tutorial: Scaling a Spring app on a custom scaling metric
Configuring scheduled limit changes
Using App Autoscaler in production
Operating App Autoscaler
Using debug logs for App Autoscaler
Troubleshooting App Autoscaler
Using the cf CLI
Installing the cf CLI
Upgrading to cf CLI v7
Upgrading to cf CLI v8
Getting started with the cf CLI
Using the cf CLI with a proxy server
Using the cf CLI with a self-signed certificate
Using cf CLI plug-ins
Developing cf CLI plug-ins
Observability
Logging and metrics
Logging and metrics architecture
Configuring the OpenTelemetry Collector
Logging
Configuring logging in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
App logging in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Security event logging
Limiting your app log rate
Customizing platform log forwarding
Monitoring
Monitoring Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Selecting and configuring a monitoring system
Identifying Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry jobs using vCenter
App Metrics
Container metrics
Metric Registrar and custom app metrics
Using Metric Registrar
Identifying the source deployment of metrics
Performance and scaling
Key performance indicators
Key capacity scaling indicators
Reporting
Reporting app, task, and service instance usage
Reporting instance usage with Apps Manager
Loggregator
Loggregator guide for Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry Operators
Deploying a nozzle to your Loggregator Firehose
Installing the Loggregator Firehose plug-in for cf CLI
Troubleshooting and diagnostics
Diagnosing deployment problems
Troubleshooting slow requests in Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Troubleshooting TCP routing
Troubleshooting router error responses
Troubleshooting Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry on GCP
Checking Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry state after a power failure on vSphere
Additional Resources
Automation scripts for upgrading Small Footprint Tanzu Platform for Cloud Foundry
Failure to create containers when upgrading with shared Microsoft base image
Autoscaler Error “Unable to scale due to Cloud Controller error”
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Managing apps with the cf CLI
Last Updated March 13, 2025
In this section:
Running tasks in your apps
Scaling your app using Cloud Foundry CLI (cf scale)
Using Cloud Foundry health checks
Cloud Foundry API app revisions
Configuring container-to-container networking
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