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Safe schema updates - Provisioning dev/test databases
The first step towards safe production releases... safe dev/test deployments.Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.Publishing a package to Octopus with GitHub Actions
A post showing how to create a GitHub Action that pushes a package to Octopus.Real Life DevOps - Representing Internal Environment Names With Target Roles
We can use Target Roles to track tenant specific environment names while using combined Dev / Test / Prod environments in Octopus.Self-service database provisioning with Octopus Runbooks and Redgate SQL Clone
A discussion about database provisioning for dev and test, including a walk-through of Redgate SQL Clone and Octopus RunbooksDeploying SQL Server Security with dbatools and Octopus Deploy
A discussion about the challenge of managing SQL Server users and roles, and a script that uses dbatools to version control and deploy them.Further lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster
More lessons learned from experimenting with Raspberry Pi cluster computing.Safe schema updates - Database delivery hell
This post opens a series about safe schema updates with a brief tour through Dante's 9 levels of Database Delivery Hell.Deploying to Google Cloud Run
Learn how to deploy a container to the Google Cloud Run service.Announcing GitHub Actions for Octopus Deploy
You can now integrate your GitHub builds with deployments in Octopus Deploy thanks to our GitHub Actions.Recurring Scheduled Deployments
We are introducing the ability to schedule recurring deployments.Verifying backups with Runbooks
Learn how to automate the process of verifying your backups using a custom runbook.The 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report
Find out about the release of the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps report.Channels Walkthrough
Supporting advanced deployment scenarios with Octopus Deploy 3.2 and ChannelsRe-thinking feature branch deployments
Feature branches should be tested prior to merging into master. All too often, companies have a single static test environment.How to build a PowerBI report for Octopus Deploy
Learn how to build PowerBI reports for Octopus Deploy that will show you deployment and runbook history in Octopus Deploy.A first look at Tekton Pipelines
This blog explores Tekton Pipelines and discusses how they fit into the CI/CD ecosystemWhy you should not use Lambda aliases to define environments
There are many approaches to running Lambdas across logical environments, but you need to be wary of the pitfalls when using aliases.Safe schema updates - Loose coupling mitigates tech problems
On loose coupling and domain-driven development, and how they mitigate technical problems that are commonly associated with monolithic architectures.Selenium series: Asynchronous Lambdas
In this post, we learn how to launch Lambdas asynchronously from API GatewayHow Octopus complements your build server
Learn how Octopus Deploy complements your choice of build server and completes your CI/CD pipeline.Smoke testing your infrastructure with runbooks
Learn how to use runbooks to perform high level smoke tests against your applications and infrastructure.
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Troubleshooting OctoPack
Troubleshooting NuGet packages and OctopackEnvironment recommendations
Environments form the backbone of your deployment pipeline. Here we provide some recommendations for configuring your environments to better prepare you to scale your Octopus Deploy instance up and out as you add more projects.octopus release deploy
Deploy releasesHardening Apache
With Octopus Deploy you can harden Apache with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.Create Azure Web App target command
Cmdlet for creating an Azure Web App targetProject recommendations
Projects form a critical element in Octopus Deploy. Here, we cover some recommendations for projects; getting started on the right foot is vital in helping your Octopus Deploy instance scale.Version automation with Service Fabric application packages
Octopus Deploy can help you automate versioning of your Service Fabric application packages.Build server integration
Integrate your continuous integration or build server with Octopus Deploy.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.