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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.

Octopus 2.0 Progress Update

Right now we're tidying up a few bugs to do a final hands-on preview release. Then we'll move to finishing any items needed for a private beta (beta 1)

Octopus 3.4 blog series kick off

Octopus 3.4 blog series kick off with links to posts talking about new feature deep dives and the decisions that went in to building them.

Octopus Deploy 2.6 Release

Announcing Ask Octopus Video Series

Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.

A TeamCity plugin for Octopus!

Shaping 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.

Structured Logging with Seq

Seq is a server that makes it easy to analyse and search structured logs

New Home for Octopus Documentation

After our documentation hosting provider went under, we decided to change where we host our docs.

Octopus 2.0 RC

A look at GitHub Codespaces private preview

An early look at GitHub Codespace.

MVPs and $100k AWS Bills: Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud 1.0

Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud, the SaaS version of Octopus, and how it shaped our plans for Octopus Cloud 2.0.

How we use SQL Server as a Document Store

18 months ago we switched from RavenDB to SQL Server, but we kept using SQL as if it were a document store. This post goes into some detail about how our database works.

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

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

Introducing Octopus ID

Introducing our plans for single sign-on and new account features, using Octopus ID.

Ask Octopus Episode 5 - An Interview with the CEO and creator of Octopus Deploy Paul Stovell in Brisbane. We discuss the origins of Octopus and what we will be doing in the coming year.

Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.

How we work. Some recent lessons

Some lessons we've learned in the last few months that change the way we work. Plus tools for a distributed team

Flexible Working - Jason's Story

Flexible work can be life changing

Kubernetes, Containers, and Octopus - An Update

A progress update on adding Kubernetes support to Octopus

TeamCity 9 plugin compatibility

Inside DevOps with Matt Ash

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Matt Ash, Staff DevOps Engineer at a leading HR software platform provider.

Page layout improvements

Learn about the changes we made to page layout and other small UI improvements.

Octopus 3.0 pre-release is here

RFC: Composite Step Templates

Combine multiple step templates together into a single importable block

At the helm with Trish Khoo

A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they're working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Trish Khoo, our Director of Engineering

The Services Behind Octopus Deploy Ltd

Octopus Cloud architecture

Learn how cell-based architecture helped us make Octopus Cloud reliable and scalable.

Actors vs. RPC: building a new (old) transport layer for Octopus 3.0

Documentation

Octopus database

Octopus uses a Microsoft SQL Server Database to store environments, projects, variables, releases, and deployment history.

Process dumps

Octopus Server and Tentacle process dumps

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