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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.Running unit tests in Jenkins
As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to run unit tests in Jenkins and capture the results.How to structure your Git repository for DevOps automation
Learn how to structure your Git repositories to store your scripts, infrastructure as code configuration files, application configuration files, docs and more.Raising the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server
In 2020, we will raise the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server.Traditional runbooks versus Octopus Runbooks
As part of our series about Runbooks, we look at how Octopus Runbooks solves the problems with traditional runbooks.Octopus React UI Permissions
Inside look into the React UI permissionsMulti-tenant deployments: Origins
Multi-tenant deployments have finally arrived! This post takes a look back on why the roadmap for the new feature took such a detour but how it has become ultimately shaped by our users.Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Why we chose React over Angular when rewriting the Octopus 4.0 UI
One of the biggest changes in Octopus Deploy 4.0 is a complete portal rewrite in React.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 RunbooksConfiguring Octopus High Availability in Azure
How to set up Octopus High Availability in Microsoft Azure.Implementing DevSecOps to respond to vulnerabilities
As part of our series about Runbooks, learn how to configure your CI/CD pipeline to quickly identify and respond to vulnerabilities.Variable specificity and complexity
Variables can be scoped to multiple values. What's the simplest way to score them?Reflections on 2017
A recap of 2017, including progress on our roadmap and a general company updateOctopus Deploy 2018 Roadmap
This post outlines our roadmap for 2018, and all of the improvements we're planning to make to Octopus over the next year.An Introduction to Hollow JARs
Learn what Hollow JARs are and how you can create them from you existing WAR files.Why you should take a look at Kotlin's standard library
See how run, let, also and apply can improve your Kotlin code.Octopus 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.Octopus January Release 2018.1
What's new in Octopus 2018.1Jenkins security tips
As Jenkins connects to many industry tools, it's a good idea to keep your instance as secure as possible. Here are our tips to keep your team safe.Managing credentials in Jenkins
As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, we take a look at the best way to manage credentials in Jenkins with the Credentials Binding plugin.Variable update notification
Learn how to post a message to Slack when a variable has changed using Azure Functions and Octopus subscriptions.Building and deploying a Java app with Docker, Google, Azure, and Octopus
As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to build a Java app, push it to a Docker registry, and deploy to Azure with Octopus Deploy.Verifying backups with Runbooks
Learn how to automate the process of verifying your backups using a custom runbook.
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Credits
Octopus is made possible thanks to many great third-party products.Process dumps
Octopus Server and Tentacle process dumpsTroubleshooting AWS transport level errors
A guide for troubleshooting AWS Transport Errors.Log files
Octopus Server and Tentacle log file locations and details.How to get a database backup and encrypt your Master Key
Guides the user on producing a database backup binary file (.bak) and encrypt their Master Key to provide us with.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.