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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.

Ask Octopus Episode 28-30 - JSON configuration substitution, Octopus server as cattle & Active Directory breaking changes.

A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten and how we went about solving them.

Webinar, May 6th: What's new in Octopus 2.4!

Come along to this webinar to learn more about the features in Octopus 2.4

Deploying to IBM WebSphere Liberty

Learn how to deploy to an IBM WebSphere Liberty web server with Octopus Deploy.

Using HashiCorp Vault with Octopus

Introducing step templates that allow secrets stored in HashiCorp Vault to be used in deployments or runbooks.

Octopus: now with more Chocolatey goodness

Chocolatey packages for Octopus are now available

Introducing the Workato connector for Octopus Deploy

Learn how the new Workato connector lets you easily integrate other systems with Octopus Deploy.

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.

Domain does DevOps

Domain.com.au recently embraced DevOps. They use Octopus Deploy to deploy to AWS.

SSL 3.0 "POODLE" and Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy uses TLS 1.0 and isn't vulnerable to the SSL 3.0 "POODLE" vulnerability

The DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book

Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.

Infrastructure as code in Azure with Terraform and Octopus Deploy

In this blog post, I demonstrate using Infrastructure as code from Terraform and Octopus Deploy to create resources and services in Azure.

Deploying to MongoDB with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy to MongoDB using Liquibase.

RFC: Monitoring and Service Management

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

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

SQL Server and PowerShell made easier with dbatools: Practical Examples

A comparison between the SqlServer and dbatools PowerShell modules

Lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster

Learn how to build and configure a Raspberry Pi cluster for fun and development purposes.
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Documentation

SSH key pair account

SSH key pair accounts allow you to securely authenticate with SSH targets.

SSH target requirements

Requirements for using SSH deployment targets with Octopus.

Package repositories

Octopus can consume package feeds from the built-in repository, local and remote NuGet feeds, Maven, JetBrains TeamCity, MyGet and Azure DevOps or TFS Package Management.

Record memory snapshots

How to record memory snapshots of your running Octopus Server so we can solve memory issues.

Record a performance trace

How to record a software performance trace of your running Octopus Server so we can solve performance issues.

Version automation with Service Fabric application packages

Octopus Deploy can help you automate versioning of your Service Fabric application packages.

Deploy to SQL Server using Redgate SQL change automation

Guide to configuring Octopus Deploy to deploy to SQL Server with Redgate SQL change automation

Blue-green deployments in IIS

Implementing blue-green deployments in IIS with Octopus.

Add deployment targets

Step by step guide on how to add deployment targets in Octopus Deploy.

Add runbook deployment targets

Step by step guide on how to add deployment targets for runbooks in Octopus Deploy.

Use IIS as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

How to set up IIS 7 (or later) as a Reverse Proxy for Octopus Deploy

GitHub Organizations

Octopus Deploy houses its source code on GitHub in three organizations.

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