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The state of config file formats: XML vs. YAML vs. JSON vs. HCL

Learn about the different configuration file formats that are available and when you should use them.

Octopus Deploy vs. Puppet/Chef

What's the difference between Octopus and Puppet/Chef?

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

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

Safe schema updates - Resilient vs robust IT systems

Learn about the nature of failure in complex IT systems, and the benefits and drawbacks of designing for resilience vs robustness.

Application Server vs UberJAR

A high level look at the differences between WildFly and WildFly Swarm.

Self-hosted Octopus in a Cloud VM vs. Octopus Cloud

Information to consider when deciding on the right Octopus Deploy installation to use in the cloud.

At the helm with Trish Khoo

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 Trish Khoo, our Director of Engineering

Why visibility is important for modern deployments

We look at the reasons why reporting and visibility are important for modern deployments

At the helm with Shipra Mahindra

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 Shipra Mahindra, Senior Product Manager.

At the helm with Jessica Ross

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 Jessica Ross, Director of User Experience and Design.

Scoped tenant variables

Learn about new scoping capabilities of tenant variables.

Practical routes to healthy culture

The right culture can boost organizational outcomes but it's hard to get started without practical techniques.

Configuration as Code for Runbooks

Learn about the new Config as Code for Runbooks.

Deprecations coming in 2025

Octopus will do some spring cleaning in 2025 and drop support for outdated features. Learn which ones and why.

Dropping support for Windows Server 2003 machines

Octopus Deploy will drop support for targets and Workers running Windows Server 2003 from the 2024.1 release.

A look at GitHub Codespaces private preview

An early look at GitHub Codespace.

'Tis the week before Christmas...

It's nearly the holidays, so it's a great time to reflect on Octopus's year.

Deprecations coming in 2024

Octopus will do some spring cleaning in 2024 and drop support for outdated features. Learn which ones and why.

Testing PowerShell code with Pester

Learn how to test PowerShell code for any scenario with the PowerShell testing framework Pester.

SQL Server deployment options for Octopus Deploy

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

Why you should take a look at Kotlin's standard library

See how run, let, also and apply can improve your Kotlin code.

Octopus 3.1 will require .NET 4.5

Octopus and Tentacle have always been built against .NET 4.0, but from Octopus 3.1 onwards we'll be building against .NET 4.5.

What is the difference between blue/green and red/black deployments?

The term blue/green and red/black are used to describe deployment strategies, but do they mean different things?

Wizards, dialogs and context menus, or build servers and scripts?

Reflecting on the benefits of continuous integration tools, I'm wondering whether our focus on great CI support has meant Octopus is too hard to simply get started with. How can we improve the getting started story?
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Documentation

Runbooks vs Deployments

Describing the differences between a deployment and a runbook.

Runbooks

With Octopus runbook automation you can automate routine or emergency operations-centric processes, for instance, disaster recovery and database backups.

Running a Runbook

Step by step guide on how to run a runbook in Octopus Deploy.

Deployment and Runbook Processes

Guidelines and recommendations for configuring deployment and runbook processes in Octopus Deploy.

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