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Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.

Opsera integration with Octopus

We've partnered with Opsera to provide integration with Octopus Deploy. You can integrate Octopus Deploy with the 95+ platforms that Opsera supports. Find out more.

What's new in Octopus 2.4

Step templates, script modules, a new Library tab - a ton of new features!

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.

Cloud-nomad architecture

As more organizations rethink their cloud and microservices decisions, it's time for cloud-nomad architectures.

Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work

Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.

A look at the new NGINX VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources

See the features of the new custom resource definitions introduced with the NGINX v1.5 ingress controller.

Alternative Kubernetes dashboards

A look at some alternative Kubernetes dashboards

SQL Server deployment options for Octopus Deploy

A brief summary of the most popular SQL Server deployment tools used with Octopus Deploy

Deploying SQL Server Security with dbatools and Octopus Deploy

A discussion about the challenge of managing SQL Server users and roles, and a script that uses dbatools to version control and deploy them.

Importing Kubernetes YAML in Octopus

Learn how to import existing Kubernetes YAML into Octopus steps

Database Feature Branch Deployments

Standing up a sandbox for feature branches is a common scenario. This article aims to solve that for databases.

SQL Server and PowerShell made easier with dbatools: Practical Examples

A comparison between the SqlServer and dbatools PowerShell modules

Deploy your first container to Kubernetes via Octopus

Learn how to perform your first container deployment

Introducing the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Octopus 2020.3 introduces the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Negotiating with the gatekeepers

Building trust relationships between humans is rarely as simple as comparing thumbprints.

Kubernetes testing with KIND

KIND offers a new solution for spinning up Kubernetes clusters for testing and development

Automated database deployment process: case study

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

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

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

Creating test Kubernetes clusters with Kind

Learn how to integrate a test cluster created with Kind with Octopus

Deconstructing blue/green deployments in Kubernetes

Learn how to manually implement blue/green deployments in Kubernetes and Octopus.

Documentation

Octopus Cloud Uptime SLO

The uptime SLO for Octopus Cloud instances

Configuring Netscaler

Script to configure a Netscaler load balancer for use with an Octopus High Availability instance.

Variable filters

Octopus variable substitutions support *filters* to correctly encode values for a variety of target file types.

Allow release progression

Allows a release to progress to next phase

Install NGINX

With Octopus Deploy you can install NGINX with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Installing Apache

With Octopus Deploy you can install Apache with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Create Network Load Balancer

With runbooks, you can automate the creation of a Network Load Balancer to distribute traffic among virtual machine instances in GCP.

How High Availability Works

Understanding the inner workings on how high availability works in Octopus Deploy.

Structured configuration variables

The Structured Configuration Variables feature updates your JSON, YAML, XML, and Properties configuration files with values from matching Octopus variables.

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