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How we create the Tentacle Army

Before a release of Octopus is published we fire up the Tentacle Army and attempt to break the release. At the moment the Tentacle Army consists of 800 tentacles located in Singapore and Brazil, regions chosen for their high region-to-region latency.

Automating developer machine setup with Chocolatey

Learn how to automate a developer machine setup using Chocolatey

Inside DevOps with Jason Dunnivant from Olo

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. Our first post features Jason Dunnivant, Release Engineer at Olo.

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

Synchronizing projects in managed spaces

Learn how to implement the full lifecycle of projects created as part of the enterprise patterns

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.

Domain does DevOps

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

My First Year Working at Octopus

Rob Pearson sharing what it's like to work at Octopus Deploy and a bit about the company culture.

Platform Engineering should be part of DevOps

Find out why Platform Engineering is more likely to succeed with DevOps than without it.

Inside DevOps with Matt Ash

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Matt Ash, Staff DevOps Engineer at a leading HR software platform provider.

Creating a high-performance DevOps toolchain

Discover the elements of a high-performance DevOps toolchain and the research that backs it up.

At the helm with Michael Richardson

This post opens a series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they're working on improve the product, and more. First is Michael Richardson, our original product management leader.

Deploying an AWS ECS task using containers from ECR

Deployments to AWS ECS using containers from ECR are now possible using the new multi-package feature of Octopus script steps

Runbooks best practices

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

Running SQL Server Developer in a Windows-based Docker Container

SQL Server can run in a Windows-based docker container, how can developers leverage that on their development machines?

Inside DevOps with Thiago Marcolino from YLD

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Thiago Marcolino, Platform Engineer from YLD.

Service Fabric Deployment Targets

With the release of 2018.5 and the introduction of Azure Service Fabric Cluster targets, we thought it'd be the perfect opportunity to provide a quick overview of the new Service Fabric deployment targets with Octopus Deploy.

Performing canary deployments in Kubernetes

Learn how to use the Voyager ingress controller to implement canary deployments in Kubernetes

Octopus enterprise deployment patterns

Learn the common deployment strategies enterprise teams can adopt with Octopus.

Fast track code promotion in your CI/CD pipeline

Learn how to use pre-approved deployment pipelines to rapidly promote code into production

Introducing the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Octopus 2020.3 introduces the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Documentation

Azure targets

Configure your Azure infrastructure

Azure Cloud Service targets

Azure Cloud Service deployment targets allow you to reference existing classic Cloud Services in your Azure subscription, that you can then reference by role during deployments.

VIP swap

The guide demonstrates how to perform a VIP swap when deploying to Azure Cloud Services.

Performance

Octopus is all about reliable and repeatable deployments, but that doesn't mean it has to be slow. This page will help you tune your deployments for the best performance in your scenario.

Disaster recovery

How to work with your data and disaster recovery in an Octopus Cloud instance.

Project recommendations

Projects form a critical element in Octopus Deploy. Here, we cover some recommendations for projects; getting started on the right foot is vital in helping your Octopus Deploy instance scale.

Private cloud migration

Guidelines for migrating an on-premises Octopus instance to private cloud hosting

How to automate Octopus Deploy upgrades

A how-to guide on how to automate Octopus Deploy upgrades

Azure Cloud Services

Octopus Deploy can help you perform repeatable and controlled deployments to Azure Cloud Services.

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