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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.

Exporting and importing projects between spaces

In Octopus 2021.1 we've introduced a new feature to export and import projects.

IIS and Windows Service Steps including Virtual Directory support

We have added support for deploying to Virtual Directories and new specific deployment steps for IIS and Windows Services

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

At the helm with Bob Walker

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 Bob Walker, our Technical Director of Customer Success.

Deploying PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) like an App with Octopus Deploy

Use Octopus Deploy custom step templates and configuration data files (DSC configuration) to deploy your Infrastructure as Code using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Getting started with Kind and Octopus

Learn how to perform your first Kubernetes deployment with Kind and Octopus

Self-service runbooks examples

Learn to provide common administrative tasks as self-service runbooks.

Using Azure Key Vault with Octopus

Introducing a new step template to allow secrets stored in Azure Key Vault to be used in deployments or runbooks.

Getting started with Bamboo

Learn how to install Bamboo, and build and push a Docker image to a container registry.

Deploying SQL Server Integration Services (SSIS) packages with Octopus

How to deploy SQL Server Integration Services packages with Octopus Deploy.

Deploying PHP applications with Octopus Deploy

Learn how to deploy PHP applications using Octopus Deploy.

Running end-to-end tests in Jenkins

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to run end-to-end tests in Jenkins and capture the results.

What is shadow IT?

When we talk about Shadow IT, we're talking about IT resources that an organization doesn't have visibility on. Find out how this affects your business, and how runbooks can help.

Running end-to-end tests in GitHub Actions

As part of our series about Continuous Integration, learn how to run end-to-end tests in GitHub Actions and capture the results.

Common mistakes in DevOps metrics

Learn what to avoid as you create and evolve your DevOps measurement system.

How to deploy to MuleSoft Runtime using Octopus Deploy

Learn how to deploy a MuleSoft API to a MuleSoft Runtime.

ServiceNow integration for Octopus Deploy: early access preview

Octopus introduces ServiceNow Change Management without the friction (early access preview).

Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work

Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.

How DevOps principles power Octopus documentation

How DevOps principles power Octopus documentation producing 60 guides with 300,000 words, 6,000 images and 25 hours of video maintained by a team of two.

Channels Walkthrough

Supporting advanced deployment scenarios with Octopus Deploy 3.2 and Channels

Octopus 2022 Q2: Containerize and modernize your CI/CD pipeline

Octopus 2022 Q2 with support for cloud-native containers and serverless is now available. Plus automatic cloud target discovery and ServiceNow integration (early access).
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Approvals

Octopus Deploy can integrate with supported ITSM tools for deployment control using Change Request approvals

Restore SQL database to another environment

With Octopus Deploy you can restore a MSSQL database to another environment with a runbook.

Structured configuration variables

The Structured Configuration Variables feature updates your JSON, YAML, XML, and Properties configuration files with values from matching Octopus variables.

Custom step templates

How to create reusable steps

Azure Active Directory authentication

Octopus Deploy can use Azure AD authentication to identify users.

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