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Running Octopus Deploy inside a container

The Octopus Deploy Docker image makes it a simple process to provision a new Octopus Server instance.

Kubernetes deployments made easy - Octopus Deploy 2018.9

Kubernetes deployments made easy! Octopus 2018.9 includes our first-class support for Kubernetes Deployments including infrastructure support for Kubenetes Clusters and rich deployment steps to simplify your deployment process.

Lessons learned using Docker for development and testing on Windows

Some of the lessons I learned using Docker for development and testing on Windows

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.

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.

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.

Changes to the TFS/VSTS Extension

An update on the changes in the TFS and VSTS extension for build and release tasks

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.

Octopus March Release 2018.3

What's new in Octopus 2018.3

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

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

Beyond Hello World: Containerize a real-world web application

This post demonstrates how to containerize a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

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.

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

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.
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Documentation

JSON formatted output

Formatting output from the Octopus CLI

Variable filters

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

System variables

System variables are variables provided by Octopus that can be used in your deployments.

Minimize the data-migration time

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

Use NGINX as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

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

Find unused projects

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

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.

Configuring Netscaler

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

Installation Guidelines

Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.

Manual upgrade

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

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.

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