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Creating an RDS instance with CloudFormation

As part of our Runbooks series, learn how to create an RDS instance with this sample CloudFormation template.

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

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

Database Feature Branch Deployments

Standing up a sandbox for feature branches is a common scenario. This article aims to solve that for databases.

Workers explained

Learn about Workers, how they operate and how they help with tasks executing directly on the server.

Managing AWS costs with Instance Scheduler

Learn how to deploy and configure the Instance Scheduler to shutdown unused AWS resources.

Creating a WildFly cluster

Learn how to use a shared database to create a WildFly cluster in AWS.

Self-service runbooks examples

Learn to provide common administrative tasks as self-service runbooks.

MVPs and $100k AWS Bills: Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud 1.0

Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud, the SaaS version of Octopus, and how it shaped our plans for Octopus Cloud 2.0.

Java CI/CD: From release management to operations

In this post, we create example runbook to implement operations tasks.

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.

Why use Octopus for Kubernetes deployments?

Understanding the value that Octopus brings to your Kubernetes deployments.

Selenium series: uploading the web page to S3

In this post, we learn how to host a public website with the AWS S3 service.

Safe schema updates - Provisioning dev/test databases

The first step towards safe production releases... safe dev/test deployments.

Deploy ASP.NET applications to Azure Web Sites

Deploy ASP.NET applications to Azure Web Sites

SSL 3.0 "POODLE" and Octopus Deploy

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

Documentation

Provision an AWS RDS instance

Provision an AWS RDS using a runbook

Backup RDS SQL database to S3

This section shows you how to perform a native SQL backup for an RDS SQL database and store in an S3 bucket.

Restore RDS SQL database from S3

An example that demonstrates restoring a database backup file from an S3 bucket.

Database examples

Examples of using Runbooks to help automate database maintenance.

List releases

List releases by project

Samples instance

View real-world deployment and runbook examples in our Octopus Cloud samples instance - https://samples.octopus.app

Moving the Octopus Server database

Walk-through outlining how you can move an Octopus database from one server to another.

AWS

Octopus Deploy can help you automate provisioning infrastructure in AWS using runbooks.

Designing Octopus HA in AWS

Information on configuring Octopus High Availability hosted in AWS.

Install Tentacles and Workers for database deployments

Where to install Tentacles and how to configure Workers.

SQL Server Database

Information about using SQL Server Database with Octopus Deploy.

Installation Guidelines

Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.

Migration

How to migrate from a stand-alone Octopus server to a High Availability (HA) setup.

Installation requirements

Software and hardware requirements for installing the Octopus Server.

Octopus Server in Kubernetes

Octopus can be installed into a Kubernetes cluster running the Octopus Server Linux container, optionally leveraging High Availability (HA).

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