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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 releases and Long Term Support (LTS)
We’re iterating on the way we deliver releases of Octopus DeployIntroducing long-term Support for Octopus Server
In Q4 2018 we will be shipping our first release of Octopus Server with long-term support.Ask Octopus Episode 6 - An Interview with Nick Josevski in Brisbane. We discuss all things Spaces!
Special Ask Octopus session based at Octopus's annual kick off in Brisbane.Introducing our second release with long-term support - Octopus Server 2019.3 LTS
Octopus Server 2019.3 LTS is the second release with six months of long-term support. We recommend this release for most self-hosted customers.Introducing our first release with long-term support - Octopus Server 2018.10 LTS
Octopus Server 2018.10 LTS is the first release with six months of long-term support. We recommend this release for most self-hosted customers.Calculating DORA metrics with Runbooks
Learn how to measure the performance of your deployments using the DORA metrics and a custom runbook.Octopus Server 2019.6 with Long Term Support (LTS)
Octopus Server 2019.6 LTS is the third release with six months of long-term support. We recommend this release for self-hosted customers.Migrating 426 Nancy API endpoints to ASP.NET Core controllers
We migrated Octopus Deploy to a more standardized way of writing an API, using ASP.NET controllers. Learn about our implementation strategy: Derisk, Enable, Finish.Octopus 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.Octopus 2020.2: Execution containers for workers
Octopus 2020.2 includes execution containers for workers, better rolling deployments, and code editor improvements.Octopus 2020.4 now available
Octopus 2020.4 introduces better config file updates for Java, NodeJS, and Ruby, and adds built-in Worker Pools on Octopus Cloud for both Windows and Linux.Octopus 2020.3: Runbooks++, Jenkins Pipelines, and Octopus Linux Docker image
Octopus 2020.3 includes our improve Runbooks support, Jenkins Pipelines, our streamlined process editor, and early access to our Octopus Linux Docker image.Octopus Server 2019.9 with Long Term Support (LTS)
Octopus Server 2019.9 LTS is here, and we recommend this release for self-hosted customers. This release includes our streamlined deployment process editor, Tentacle for Linux, Tenant cloning, and more.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.Flexible Working - Jason's Story
Flexible work can be life changingHow 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.How we use telemetry to improve Octopus Deploy
Learn how Octopus is using telemetry data to identify performance metrics and improve Octopus Deploy for our customers.Scheduled Recurring Deployments RFC
Scheduled recurring deployments is something that many other CI/CD tools provide out-of-the-box, and we think Octopus should support this functionality as well! This is a request-for-comments.Octopus 2020.1: Dark mode and better Linux support
Octopus 2020.1 includes dark mode support, AWS and Azure built-in steps are now cross-platform, the Octopus CLI is now available via Homebrew, Yum, and APT and enviroment specific worker pools.Deploying software shouldn't feel like visiting the dentist
Reasons you should deploy early and often.Octopus Server 2019.12 with Long Term Support (LTS)
Octopus Server 2019.12 LTS is now available, and we recommend this release for self-hosted customers. This release includes Operations Runbooks, our official Jenkins plugin, PowerShell Core support, improved build server integration, and more.Can GitHub Actions replace your CI server?
With the beta release of GitHub Actions now available, is it time to retire your in house CI server?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 teamDeploying containers to AWS Fargate
Learn how to deploy containers in the Elastic Container Registry to Elastic Container Services Fargate
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Environments, Deployment Targets, and Roles
Guidelines and recommendations for configuring environments, deployment targets, and lifecycles in Octopus Deploy.Installation
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