Chapter 9. Using System Tools to Troubleshoot Applications

In the previous chapter, we covered troubleshooting hardware issues. Specifically, you learned what to do when hard disks have been removed from a RAID and cannot be read.

In this chapter, we will get back to troubleshooting applications, but unlike earlier examples, we will not be troubleshooting a popular open source application such as WordPress. In this chapter, we will focus on a custom application that will be much more difficult to troubleshoot than a well-known one.

Open source versus home-grown applications

Popular open source projects often have an online community or bug/issue tracker. As we experienced in Chapter 3, Troubleshooting a Web Application, these can be useful resources ...

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