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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.New in Azure DevOps for Octopus Deploy v6
Find out what's new in v6 of the Octopus Azure DevOps plugin and why we made the changes.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.Octopus Cloud connectivity disruption - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the Octopus Cloud network connectivity disruption from January 25, 2023.Why are there so many definitions of lead time?
Find out why there are multiple definitions of lead time and how you can use them to improve software delivery.Removing the Azure VM extension for Tentacle
Find out why the Azure VM extension was deprecated and the recommended way to deploy Tentacle Windows VMs in the future.DevOps uses a capability model, not a maturity model
As DevOps adoption increases, it becomes more likely the certification industrial complex will try to apply the wrong model.Inside DevOps with Stephen Shamakian
A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. Our next post features Stephen Shamakian, DevOps Senior Principal Engineer.Using variables for Kubernetes without breaking YAML
Injecting Octopus variables into your Kubernetes YAML scripts is easier to perform with extended support for the existing structured variable replacement functionality.A beginner's guide to containers
A brief overview at containers covering what they are and why they're useful.Choosing a container platform
A look at different container platforms and their suitability.Live updates of Kubernetes objects during deployment
Introducing the Kubernetes Object Status check feature, providing a live update of Kubernetes objects during deployment.How to measure DevOps mean time to recovery (MTTR)
Find out why mean time to recovery has problems and what to do about it.Creating a high-performance DevOps toolchain
Discover the elements of a high-performance DevOps toolchain and the research that backs it up.Inside DevOps with Dale Francis from Climavision
A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Dales Francis, Director, Product Development at Climavision.Redesigned Tenants overview dashboard
Learn how we redesigned our Tenants overview dashboard to make it easier to view and manage thousands of tenants.Octopus UI navigation uplift
Find out about the changes we're making to the navigation experience in Octopus Deploy.Building versus buying software
Probing the pros and cons of building software yourself compared to buying a product.
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Documentation
Legacy Tentacle installation requirements
Software and hardware requirements for installing legacy versions of Tentacles.Tentacle installation requirements
Software and hardware requirements for installing the latest version of Tentacle.Running Tentacle under a specific user account
Information on how to run Tentacle under a specific user account.Permissions required for the Tentacle Windows Service
Everything you need to know about the permissions your Tentacles need.octopus project variables exclude
Exclude a variable set from a projectoctopus project variables include
Include a variable set in a projectZipBombs and Octopus Deploy
Octopus Server actively prevents ZipBomb-based denial-of-service attacks using a number of preventative measures.Managing Octopus subscriptions
Control Center is where you manage your Octopus subscriptions and their associated user access.OCL Syntax for Config as Code
A description of Octopus Deploy's OCL file format.Polling Tentacles over port 443
Octopus Polling Tentacles open a connection to the Octopus Server over port 443 to ask the Server if there is any work to do.Private cloud migration
Guidelines for migrating an on-premises Octopus instance to private cloud hostingCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.