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Operations Runbooks: Putting the Ops in DevOps

Operations Runbooks put the Ops in DevOps and automate routine maintenance and emergency operations (incident response) tasks.

What is a container registry? A guide + top 8 registries to consider

There are many container registry services, suitable for all different kinds of teams. We look at the top 8 and why you might consider them.

Runbooks best practices

This post provides a step by step template you can use to generate high quality runbooks in Octopus.

Infrastructure as code with Terraform for developers

Learn about infrastructure as code and Terraform for developers.

DevOps and Platform Engineering

Find out where Platform Engineering fits into a DevOps process and why both DevOps and Platform Engineering can help your organization attain high performance.

Ask Octopus Episode 9 - Composite Step Templates, Maintenance Process and Environment Templates

Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.

RFC: Monitoring and Service Management

What if Octopus could monitor the Windows Services and IIS websites that you deploy?

Mapping manual deployments with Octopus Deploy

Find out how to map your manual deployments to create a template that helps you start your automation journey.

Why Octopus doesn't use the .NET Service Bus (or polling)

DevOps, runbooks, and kubectl

The top reasons to use Octopus Runbooks to manage your Kubernetes cluster.

Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work

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

The DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book

Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.

Installing a dashboard

Learn how to install helm and then use it to install a dashboard to monitor the cluster, as part of our Kubernetes training series

Reprioritizing the task queue

Learn about our new feature that lets you reprioritize the task queue in Octopus.

F# |> Octopus Deploy loves

Alternative Kubernetes dashboards

A look at some alternative Kubernetes dashboards

Octopus Deploy 2017 Roadmap

This post outlines our roadmap for 2017, and all of the improvements we're planning to make to Octopus over the next year.

Using build information for visibility across your CI/CD pipelines

Learn how to include build information from your CI server in your CD processes.

Common deployment patterns and how to use them in Octopus

Deployment patterns are important to any development pipeline. This post looks at some common deployment patterns and explains how to set them up in Octopus.

Prioritizing deployments

Prioritize your deployments. Fast-tracking deployments has never been easier.

PaaS Deployment Targets

We are introducing new deployment targets to represent the platform-as-a-service offerings

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Self-service database provisioning with Octopus Runbooks and Redgate SQL Clone

A discussion about database provisioning for dev and test, including a walk-through of Redgate SQL Clone and Octopus Runbooks

Self-service runbooks for operations teams

Learn about self-service runbooks and how they benefit operations teams

Insights from our Optimizing Octopus webinar

Learn how to keep Octopus running smoothly, and easily see what’s happening, all with a little planning, maintenance and smart use of Octopus features.

Checking Kubernetes pod CPU and memory

Learn how to check a pod's resource usage in Kubernetes.

Implementing DevOps in State Government

The story of how I implemented DevOps practices at a state government agency

Thoughts from my User Experience Journey

Thoughts and takeaways from my recent journey with the Onboarding team, diving further into user-experience.

Documentation

Project Insights

Project level insights are available as a new tab in every project so you can understand the performance of your projects across channels, environments, and tenants.

Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

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