Explore a comprehensive overview of tools and techniques to enhance Spring Cloud architecture in this conference talk from Spring I/O 2017. Discover how to complement the initial Spring Cloud setup with an ecosystem that addresses operational complexity and quality concerns. Learn about integrating tools for documentation, operations, and testing, including Spring Cloud Contract, Wiremock, Saboteur, ELK, Spinnaker, and Spring Boot Admin. Gain insights into a recently open-sourced dashboard for visualizing Spring Cloud microservice architecture. Delve into practical solutions for documenting, testing, troubleshooting, and monitoring highly distributed systems in microservice architectures. Explore topics such as Prometheus metrics, log aggregation, system management, architecture layers, resource management, SLA testing, contract testing, integration testing, deployment pipelines, and project dashboards. Benefit from years of production experience running Spring Cloud and discover pragmatic approaches to overcome the challenges of running microservices in production. Read more