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Using the HTTPd Docker image

A detailed look at how to use the HTTPd web server with Docker.

Using the NGINX Docker image

Learn how to create Docker web apps based on the NGINX image.

Maven versions explained

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to Maven versions. Learn how Maven treats different version strings.

Introducing Google Cloud Platform integration for Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy now includes integration for Google Cloud Platform including built-in accounts, gcloud scripts, Terraform and Kubernetes.

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

Learn how to deploy a container to the Google Cloud Run service.

At the helm with Harsh Sabikhi

A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they’re working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Harsh Sabikhi, Senior Vice President, Revenue.

Deploying a Node.js application with Octopus Deploy

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy an application written in NodeJS with a MongoDB back-end.

How we work. Some recent lessons

Some lessons we've learned in the last few months that change the way we work. Plus tools for a distributed team

Deploying to MongoDB with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy to MongoDB using Liquibase.

Octopus April Release 3.12

Octopus 3.12 is the start of the monthly release cadence, getting started is easier, update steps across all projects, wildcard patterns file matching for variable substitution, PowerShell debugging support, certificate-chain support, improved license notifications.

Automated database deployment process: case study

This article walks through the steps I used to help design an automated database deployment process.

The Evolution of Auto-Deployments and Event-Sourcing

Octopus 3.4 introduces elastic and transient environments and this post explores the evolution of auto-deployments in this context.

Octopus 2021 Q1: Self-host Octopus on Linux

Octopus 2021 Q1: Octopus Server's Linux Docker image is Released to Web (RTW), Tentacle for ARM/ARM64, Global Search and API key management improvements.

Octopus March Release 2018.3

What's new in Octopus 2018.3

Octopus plugin for Jira - Better visibility for your software pipeline

Our new Octopus Deploy plugin for Jira makes it easy to plan, track and ship software with better end-to-end visibility of your software pipeline.

The different types of software tests

Learn why testing is important, read about manual and automated testing, and functional and non-functional testing with examples.

Faster deployments with the Executions API

The Executions API is a new set of endpoints that dramatically improves the performance of operations.
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Documentation

Minimize the data-migration time

Tips to minimize the time taken to migrate your data from Octopus 2.6 to 2018.10 LTS

Find unused projects

An example script that will find any project that hasn't had a release created in the previous days

Upgrade with a new server instance

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to a new Octopus instance.

Manual upgrade

Information on how to manually upgrade to Octopus 2018.10 LTS from Octopus 2.6.5.

Find unused targets

An example script the will find provide a list of targets being unused that might cause your target count to be inflated.

Use NGINX as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

How to set up NGINX as a Reverse Proxy for Octopus Deploy

Allow release progression

Allows a release to progress to next phase

Auditing

Octopus Deploy captures audit information whenever significant events happen in the system.

Azure app service environments

This guide covers deploying to Azure App Service Environments.

In place upgrade (Install Over 2.6.5)

Information on how to do an in-place upgrade to Octopus 2018.10 LTS from Octopus 2.6.5.

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