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Why consider database deployment automation?

This post explores why automating scripts to deploy database changes is valuable and some of the benefits of database deployment automation.

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

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

Why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment

Find out why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment, plus the ways how.

Why visibility is important for modern deployments

We look at the reasons why reporting and visibility are important for modern deployments

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Why we chose Kubernetes, Linux, and .NET Core for Octopus Cloud

A reflection on the architectural options we considered for hosting Octopus Cloud v2.

Why multi-tenancy is a confusing term and what it means to Octopus

Andy looks at why multi-tenancy is a tricky thing to define and how that affected Octopus's messaging.

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.

Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Why we chose React over Angular when rewriting the Octopus 4.0 UI

One of the biggest changes in Octopus Deploy 4.0 is a complete portal rewrite in React.

Why use Octopus for Kubernetes deployments?

Understanding the value that Octopus brings to your Kubernetes deployments.

Why you should take a look at Kotlin's standard library

See how run, let, also and apply can improve your Kotlin code.

Why you should not use Lambda aliases to define environments

There are many approaches to running Lambdas across logical environments, but you need to be wary of the pitfalls when using aliases.

Deprecating the Octo CLI

Learn why Octopus is dropping support for the Octo CLI and what's next.

Octopus Deploy acquires Codefresh

Paul explains why he's so excited about Codefresh joining Octopus, what we love about the Codefresh team, and why we think this is excellent news for our customers, Codefresh customers, and the Argo open-source community.

Tentacle .NET version change

Learn why we're moving Tentacle from .NET Framework 4.5.2 & .NET Core 3.1 to .NET Framework 4.8 & .NET 6.

Introducing Octopus Cloud

Octopus Cloud has been a while in the making. In this post we look at how and why Octopus Cloud came to be, and what the future may look like

Operations Runbooks: Putting the Ops in DevOps

Operations Runbooks put the Ops in DevOps and automate routine maintenance and emergency operations (incident response) tasks.

Introducing dark mode

Octopus 2020.1 introduces a dark theme to Octopus Deploy.

Unsupported versions of Windows and .NET

Understand why old versions of Windows can fail to make network requests.

Octopus Deploy is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA)

Octopus Deploy is now a CVE Numbering Authority (CNA). We can assign CVE IDs to vulnerabilities within our scope, so customers can confirm their installations are secure.

Octopus Starter edition: Free for small teams

Octopus Deploy: Starter is a new edition of Octopus Deploy. It allows small teams to run a self-hosted Octopus Server and deploy up to 10 targets, all for free.

Microservices and frameworks

An overview of microservices and the different frameworks you can use to support them.

Octopus is your deployment pipeline's quarterback

With the Super Bowl on the horizon, Andy Corrigan explains how Octopus is your deployment pipeline's quarterback

Recurring Scheduled Deployments

We are introducing the ability to schedule recurring deployments.

How to measure DevOps mean time to recovery (MTTR)

Find out why mean time to recovery has problems and what to do about it.

Safe schema updates - Continuous Integration is misunderstood

Learn about the principles that define Continuous Integration, and why you should avoid adopting specific practices, without knowing how to use them effectively.
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Documentation

Ubuntu 18.04 End-of-life

Describing the deprecation process of Ubuntu 18.04 Dynamic Workers.

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