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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.

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?

Fast track code promotion in your CI/CD pipeline

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

Cloud-nomad architecture

As more organizations rethink their cloud and microservices decisions, it's time for cloud-nomad architectures.

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.

On the naming of “DevOps Engineers”

Why is this job title so controversial? What's a better option?

The ultimate guide to Kubernetes microservice deployments

Learn how to deploy microservices into a Kubernetes cluster with Octopus Deploy.

Have you designed your application for deployment?

Strategies and ideas to simplify the deployment process of applications.

Deploy and consume ZIP files from Maven

Learn how to deploy ZIP files to Maven and consume them in an Octopus project.

Lessons learned implementing database deployments

Exploring the pitfalls of implementing database deployments

Resetting RavenDB indexes

Sometimes in order to troubleshoot Octopus, you'll need to reset your RavenDB indexes.

Octopus 2.0 Task Output: RFC

The tasks screen will get an update in Octopus 2.0. Here are some mockups.

Maven repositories explained

Learn how Maven repositories are structured and how to access artifacts stored in them.

Octopus 2.0 UI: Angular, Grunt and responsiveness

Some screenshots of the Octopus 2.0 progress

Documentation

Subscription webhook notifications

Set up a Slack notification from a subscription

GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions can leverage the Octopus CLI to pack, build, push, and create releases for Octopus Deploy.

Security

Security considerations for Octopus Administrators.

Authentication providers

Authentication options for Octopus Deploy including our internal provider, Active Directory, Azure AD, Okta, and GoogleApps.

Active Directory authentication

Octopus Deploy can use Windows credentials to identify users.

Specify a custom container for AD authentication

How to specifying a custom container to use for AD Authentication.

Moving your Octopus Server to another Active Directory domain

the steps and considerations to move your Octopus Server from one Active Directory domain to another.

Troubleshooting Active Directory integration

Information on troubleshooting common Active Directory integration issues.

Authentication automation with OctopusDSC

Authentication automation resources with OctopusDSC.

Automatic user creation

User can be automatically created using some providers.

Azure Active Directory authentication

Octopus Deploy can use Azure AD authentication to identify users.

GoogleApps authentication

Octopus Deploy can use GoogleApps authentication to identify users.

Guest login

Octopus Deploy supports a guest login if enabled.

Octopus ID authentication

Octopus Deploy can use Octopus accounts to identify users.

Okta authentication

Octopus Deploy can use Okta authentication to identify users.

Troubleshooting authentication problems

A guide for troubleshooting authentication problems in Octopus Deploy.

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