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Escaping the pipe character in PowerShell commands

Using the pipe commands in PowerShell commands is not as simple as it seems.

SQL Server and PowerShell: Practical Examples

SQL Server database administration using PowerShell

Worker friendly custom step templates

How to make worker friendly custom step templates.

Bootstrap Tentacle installation with Powershell DSC

Install and configure Tentacles using the power of Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

How to write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

Verify AppSettings or Variable Replacement

How to programmatically verify that your AppSettings have a matching Octopus Deploy variable defined and/or verify all variable replacement in files succeeded.

Deploying a JavaScript library project with Octopus

Learn how to handle cache-busting and config of a shared JavaScript library bundle, and make it easy to reference in other Octopus projects.

Integrating OAuth with Kubernetes

Integrating Google OAuth into a Kubernetes cluster.

Verify app settings with JSON

How to programmatically verify that your App Settings have a matching Octopus Deploy variable defined and/or verify environment configs have the same JSON structure.

Getting started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

How to get started using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

Deploying PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) like an App with Octopus Deploy

Use Octopus Deploy custom step templates and configuration data files (DSC configuration) to deploy your Infrastructure as Code using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Linux worker for PowerShell templates

Using a Linux worker to run Step Templates written in PowerShell.

Manually push build information to Octopus

This post describes how to manually push build information to Octopus so you can see your commits and issues/work items alongside your deployments.

Beyond Hello World: Kubernetes for the uninitiated

A high-level overview of Kubernetes with a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

Automating support emails with Octopus Runbooks

You can use Octopus Runbooks to automate delivery of important information to your support teams when things go wrong. This post explains how.

How ioGlobal use Octopus Deploy

Continuous Delivery for PowerShell Modules using Octopus Deploy and TakoFukku

Learn how to deploy PowerShell Modules to the PowerShell Gallery automatically using Octopus Deploy

Further lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster

More lessons learned from experimenting with Raspberry Pi cluster computing.

Installing Minikube on Windows

Learn how to get a test Kubernetes environment on Windows with Minikube

Octopus integration with TFS Build vNext

Learn how to call the Jenkins REST API from PowerShell

A dive into the Jenkins REST API, with examples in PowerShell for creating new jobs

Documentation

Install software with Chocolatey

Create runbooks to install software with Chocolatey as part of a routine operations task.

Deploying to Azure via a firewall

Octopus Deploy can help you perform repeatable and controlled deployments of your applications into Azure.

Debugging PowerShell scripts

How to debug PowerShell scripts running as part of your deployment process.

Deploying a sample Java application

This guide provides a simple example of deploying a Java application with Octopus Deploy.

Troubleshooting Octopus Server in a Container

Troubleshooting steps for running Octopus in a Container

Terraform output variables

Instructions on accessing and utilizing Terraform output variables

Logging messages from scripts

When your scripts emit messages Octopus will display the messages in the Task Logs at the most appropriate level for the message.

IIS Runbooks

With Octopus Deploy you can manage IIS with runbooks as part of your routine operations tasks.

Call the Jenkins REST API from PowerShell

Learn how to call the Jenkins REST API from PowerShell

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