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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.Deploying a Lambda with CloudFormation
As part of our Runbooks series, learn how to deploy a Lambda with this sample CloudFormation template.How we think about creating new architecture
Creating a new architecture can be daunting. Find out how we approach creating new architecture within Octopus, with real examples to tame complexity and achieve success.Deploying AWS Lambdas across environments
Learn how to progress Lambda deployments across environments using CloudFormationCommand-line tab completion for Octopus CLI
Enable tab completion for the Octopus CLI today! We'll also dive into how shell completion works in some popular shell environments.Creating EC2 instance in AWS with CloudFormation
Learn how to create Windows and Linux EC2 instances in AWS with example CloudFormation templatesInstalling Tentacles with DSC in AWS CloudFormation templates
Learn how to configure a target work Worker Tentacle when creating a new EC2 instance with CloudFormation.Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling
Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.The state of config file formats: XML vs. YAML vs. JSON vs. HCL
Learn about the different configuration file formats that are available and when you should use them.RFC: Only calling PowerShell scripts at the root
An upcoming change to which PowerShell scripts to invokeCreating an EC2 Octopus Worker with CloudFormation
Learn how to deploy an EC2 configured as an Octopus Worker via a CloudFormation template.RFC: Azure Service Fabric support
This post aims to discuss integrated support for deployments to Azure Service Fabric from Octopus DeployOctopus Deploy 3.1 Pre-Release
What's new in Octopus Deploy 3.1Safe schema updates - Strangling the monolith
This post discusses patterns for migrating from a tightly coupled to a loosely coupled architecture.Database Deployments with Redgate SQL Change Automation, GitHub Actions, and Octopus Deploy
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to build a Redgate SQL Change Automation Package and push it to Octopus Deploy for deployments.Selenium series: simplified element location
In this post, we learn how to remove explicit element searches by ID, XPath, and CSS selectors in favor of generic locators.Best practices for Octopus Spaces
Find out how to use Octopus Spaces effectively.Config as Code strategies
Learn good practices for using Config as Code and how to adjust your strategy in different situations.
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Install autocomplete
Install a shell auto-complete script into your shell profile, if they aren't already there. Supports pwsh, zsh, bash & powershell.Moving version control
Changing the location of your configuration repository.Building an authentication provider
Technical details of how to build an Octopus Deploy Authentication Provider.Converting projects to Git
Converting a project to leverage the configuration as a code feature.Troubleshooting failed or hanging tasks
A guide for troubleshooting tasks that fail unexpectedly or are unresponsiveDeploying Web Jobs
Octopus Deploy can help you perform repeatable and controlled deployments of your applications into Azure Web Jobs.Artifacts
Artifacts in Octopus provide a convenient way to collect files from remote machines during deployments.Tentacle configuration and file storage
Octopus Tentacle configuration command reference including how to specify your file storage locations.Backup RDS SQL database to S3
This section shows you how to perform a native SQL backup for an RDS SQL database and store in an S3 bucket.Restore RDS SQL database from S3
An example that demonstrates restoring a database backup file from an S3 bucket.The Octopus Command Line (CLI)
The Octopus CLI (octo) is the Octopus command line tool that builds on top of the Octopus REST API.Deploy to SQL Server using Redgate SQL change automation
Guide to configuring Octopus Deploy to deploy to SQL Server with Redgate SQL change automationCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.