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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.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.Reflections on 2017
A recap of 2017, including progress on our roadmap and a general company updateHow 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 teamAn Introduction to Arquillian Testing
Testing Java EE code requires more than just a unit test. This blog post looks at how Arquillian solves the problem of testing Java EE apps.The big 5 benefits of automated deployment
A guest post that explores the benefits of automated deployments.My quest to reclaim the backlog
Getting on top of suggestions, feature requests and bugsSelf-service runbooks for operations teams
Learn about self-service runbooks and how they benefit operations teamsUI design for eventual consistency
UI design for eventual consistencyPlanning Octopus 2.0
We're planning some big changes for Octopus 2.0. We need to avoid second system syndrome as well as resting on our laurels.Octopus plugin for Jira - Better visibility for your software pipeline
Our new Octopus Deploy plugin for Jira makes it easy to plan, track and ship software with better end-to-end visibility of your software pipeline.Octopus Workers and Performance
Using Octopus Workers to improve server and deployment performanceOctopus Deploy version changes for 2018
This post outlines our decision to change versioning strategy for Octopus Deploy to a style matching our iterative, monthly release cadence. It also describes how we arrived at our decision and how continuous delivery has fundamentally changed the way we plan, build, and release our software.How to install and configure NGINX with Octopus Deploy
Learn how to create a repeatable deployment process for installing and configuring NGINX.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 EngineeringOctostats - Usage and Adoption of Octopus Deploy
A peek into the growth of Octopus, and how people are using it in the real world.Octopus Deploy 4.0 - History
The history of how Octopus 4.0 was born.Configuring WildFly via XML Templates or CLI Scripts
Configuring a WildFly server can be done either by editing the XML files directly, or by running CLI script. But which is the best choice?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.Deploy a PHP Site to IIS with Octopus
How to deploy php files to an IIS server with Octopus DeployBreaking up monolithic deployments
Learn how to break up a large process into smaller deployable componentsDocker Engine in Octopus Deploy
Simple Docker Engine commands are now available in Octopus Deploy for testing and feedback
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Documentation
Offload Work to Workers
Guidelines and recommendations for configuring workers in Octopus Deploy.Installation Guidelines
Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.Maintenance
Maintaining the nodes in your Octopus High Availability (HA) cluster is an important task that can be done in the Octopus Web Portal.Maintain High Availability nodes
Managing the nodes in your Octopus High Availability cluster can be done in the Octopus Web Portal.Prevent release progression
Preventing progression lets you block a release of a project from being used in any future deployments.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.