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Tentacle versioning and when to update
Every time a new Octopus Server instance is released we also bump the Tentacle version. Here's why and what to do about it.What is an un-tenanted deployment in 3.4?
Octopus 3.4 introduces multi-tenant deployments to allow you to deploy your releases to the same environment within the context of different tenants! So what happens if you don't want to deploy a release to a tenant?Docker Compose RFC
Bringing Docker Compose functionality to Octopus DeployRefactoring Octopus: Modularity, Calamari, and Sashimi
Learn how our engineering team re-factored the Octopus codebase to introduce modularity, reduce complexity, and eat some sashimi.Lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster
Learn how to build and configure a Raspberry Pi cluster for fun and development purposes.Wizards, dialogs and context menus, or build servers and scripts?
Reflecting on the benefits of continuous integration tools, I'm wondering whether our focus on great CI support has meant Octopus is too hard to simply get started with. How can we improve the getting started story?Reliably deploying large Azure Web Apps
How to reliably deploy large Azure Web Apps using Octopus DeployIntroducing dark mode
Octopus 2020.1 introduces a dark theme to Octopus Deploy.Octopus Deploy High Availability
Octopus: HA makes it possible to set up a high performance, reliable Octopus Deploy cluster. This post explains the architecture, and the kinds of scenarios it does and doesn't support.Granting federated user accounts to an EKS cluster
Learn how to grant an AWS federated user account to an EKS cluster.New logo
Octopus Deploy now has a new logo, designed by Corey GinnivanShaping Configuration as Code
We've been busy recently building Configuration as Code support for Octopus Deploy. Learn about some of the factors that shaped this feature.Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work
Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.
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Blue-green deployments
Implementing blue-green deployments, i.e. having two production environments ("blue" and "green"), with Octopus.Lifecycles and Environments
Guidelines and recommendations for configuring your lifecycles to control the flow to your environmentsRun
Starts the Octopus Server in debug mode.GCP
Octopus Deploy can help you automate the provisioning and management of your infrastructure in GCP using runbooks.Services Runbooks
With Octopus Deploy you can manage service operations using runbooks.How to use custom certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle
How to use custom certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle.Using Deployment Slots with Azure Web Apps
Deploying Slots provide a nice way to implement Blue-Green deployments for Azure Web Apps.Deployment and Runbook Processes
Guidelines and recommendations for configuring deployment and runbook processes in Octopus Deploy.Unsupported Configuration as Code Scenarios
Unsupported scenarios for the Configuration as Code feature in Octopus Deploy.Manually uninstall Tentacle
Information on how to manually uninstall the Octopus Tentacle.Get the Raw Output From a Task
How to get the raw output from a task to help the Octopus team resolve deployment related issues.Variable Recommendations
Guidelines and recommendations for configuring variables in Octopus Deploy.Creating new infrastructure
Create infrastructure for each tenant used as part of a multi-tenant SaaS setup in Octopus Deploy.Manual approvals
Recommendations and techniques for configuring manual approvals in an automated database deployment process.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.