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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.Insights from our Optimizing Octopus webinar
Learn how to keep Octopus running smoothly, and easily see what’s happening, all with a little planning, maintenance and smart use of Octopus features.The DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book
Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.The state of config file formats: XML vs. YAML vs. JSON vs. HCL
Learn about the different configuration file formats that are available and when you should use them.Java deployments to Tomcat with YAML and XML configuration file replacements
Learn how to take advantage of the XML, YAML, and Properties configuration file replacement when deploying Java applications.Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling
Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.Deploying to Oracle with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase
Learn how to deploy to Oracle using Octopus Deploy and Liquibase.Runbook lessons learned and recommendations
Recommendations from lessons learned on how to design and implement runbooksRFC: Azure Service Fabric support
This post aims to discuss integrated support for deployments to Azure Service Fabric from Octopus DeployIntegrating Octopus and Grafana
Learn how to use the Octopus Grafana datasource plugin to visualize your deploymentsDeconstructing blue/green deployments in Kubernetes
Learn how to manually implement blue/green deployments in Kubernetes and Octopus.Exposing Octopus variables to a Kubernetes container
Learn how to use the envFrom feature in Kubernetes to pass groups of variables to a container.Creating multi-environment Kubernetes deployments
Learn how to securely deploy across multiple environments in a single Kubernetes clusterOctopus 2020.5: Solid improvements and Config as Code update
Octopus 2020.5 introduces support for self-signed certificates, GitHub container registry support, Kubernetes and Terraform improvements and more.Enabling Parallel Deployments in Tomcat with Octopus Deploy
Learn how to deploy multiple versions of your web applications to Tomcat through Octopus DeploySelf-service runbooks for operations teams
Learn about self-service runbooks and how they benefit operations teamsBreaking up monolithic deployments
Learn how to break up a large process into smaller deployable componentsInfrastructure as code in Azure with Terraform and Octopus Deploy
In this blog post, I demonstrate using Infrastructure as code from Terraform and Octopus Deploy to create resources and services in Azure.
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Environment recommendations
Environments form the backbone of your deployment pipeline. Here we provide some recommendations for configuring your environments to better prepare you to scale your Octopus Deploy instance up and out as you add more projects.Administration
Octopus administration tasks and command reference.Project recommendations
Projects form a critical element in Octopus Deploy. Here, we cover some recommendations for projects; getting started on the right foot is vital in helping your Octopus Deploy instance scale.High Availability
Octopus High Availability (HA) enables you to run multiple Octopus Server nodes, distributing load and tasks between them.How to automate Octopus Deploy upgrades
A how-to guide on how to automate Octopus Deploy upgradesCreating a test instance
A guide on how to create a test instance with Octopus DeployUpgrading host OS or .NET
A how-to guide on how to upgrade the host OS or .NET with Octopus Deploy.Upgrading from Octopus 3.x to the latest version
Information on how to upgrade from Octopus Deploy 3.x to the latest versionUpgrading from Octopus 4.x / 2018.x to latest version
Information on how to upgrade from Octopus Deploy 4.x or 2018.x to the latest versionUpgrading major releases of Octopus Deploy
Information on how to upgrade major releases of Octopus Deploy.Upgrading minor and patch releases of Octopus Deploy
Information on how to upgrade major releases of Octopus Deploy.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.