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Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Deploy Release Page Redesign

The Deploy Release page has been redesigned as part of Octopus version 4.0

Redesigning the navigation in Octopus

A look into how we redesigned the navigation in Octopus Deploy.

Automating developer machine setup with Chocolatey

Learn how to automate a developer machine setup using Chocolatey

Creating AMI mappings for CloudFormation

As part of our Runbooks series, learn how to create region AMI mappings for use with CloudFormation templates.

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.

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

Flexible Working - Jason's Story

Flexible work can be life changing

'Tis the week before Christmas...

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

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.

How global tenanted deployments would look without automation

We explore how difficult global tenanted deployments would be if we didn't have automation.

Creating an EC2 Octopus Worker with CloudFormation

Learn how to deploy an EC2 configured as an Octopus Worker via a CloudFormation template.

Top 8 container registries

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.

Microservices and frameworks

An overview of microservices and the different frameworks you can use to support them.

Choosing a container platform

A look at different container platforms and their suitability.

Expanding the use of execution containers

Octopus 2024.1 added the ability to use an inline Dockerfile or a URL to a Git repository to build the Docker container used for a deployment.

High Availability performance benefits

Octopus Deploy High Availability is our offering for customers where Octopus Deploy has become a critical piece of infrastructure. In addition to the benefits of extra reliability, High Availability provides performance gains over a single Octopus Server. Our aim was to provide a linear performance increase as you add nodes to your High Availability cluster.

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?

Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling

Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.

Deploying to Google Cloud Functions

Learn how to deploy functions to the Google Cloud Platform.

Configuring Octopus High Availability in Azure

How to set up Octopus High Availability in Microsoft Azure.

Deploy a Helm chart with Octopus

Learn how to deploy a sample Helm chart to Kubernetes with Octopus

What are the benefits of using NGINX Unit?

What features does NGINX Unit have that make it an attractive solution for modern deployments?

What is a Service Mesh?

This post looks at what a Service Mesh is, how it’s different to an Ingress Controller, and why you would use one.
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Documentation

Installing the Tentacle via DSC in an ARM template

How to install the Tentacle using Desired State configuration (DSC) in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Template

Azure DevOps

Octopus Deploy integrates with Azure DevOps to provide for a full automated build and deployment pipeline.

Connecting projects

By connecting tenants to projects, you can control which projects will be deployed into which environments for each tenant.

IIS websites and application pools

Octopus has built-in support for configuring IIS web sites, applications and virtual directories.

AWS

Octopus Deploy provides built-in support for deploying to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

Emergency operations

This section includes examples of how to use runbooks to help automate disaster recovery operations.

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