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Implementing DevOps in State Government

The story of how I implemented DevOps practices at a state government agency

Write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

How to write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

Getting started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

How to get started using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)

The 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report

Find out about the release of the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps report.

Deploying PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) like an App with Octopus Deploy

Use Octopus Deploy custom step templates and configuration data files (DSC configuration) to deploy your Infrastructure as Code using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).

Database deployment automation using state-based Redgate SQL Change Automation

Setting up automated database deployments with state-based Redgate SQL change automation.

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.

Automated Database Deployments using State Based Redgate SQL Change Automation

Automated Database Deployments using State Based Redgate SQL Change Automation

Jimmy Bogard: Continuous deployment the Octopus way

In this session, we'll look at how Octopus enables continuous delivery, what it offers over standard tooling, and how it can make your ops team love you again.

Automating developer machine setup with Chocolatey

Learn how to automate a developer machine setup using Chocolatey

October Community Roundup

A summary of blogs and community events for October 2015

Octopus August Release 3.16

This month's release includes Mono-less deployments to Linux and Mac, updated ScriptCS support, bug fixes and more.

Octopus 1.4 with updating variables, cloning projects and other fixes

Octopus 1.4 includes the ability to update release variables, clone projects and disabling machines.

Synchronizing projects in managed spaces

Learn how to implement the full lifecycle of projects created as part of the enterprise patterns

Inside DevOps with Jason Dunnivant from Olo

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. Our first post features Jason Dunnivant, Release Engineer at Olo.

Octopus Deploy vs. Puppet/Chef

What's the difference between Octopus and Puppet/Chef?

Introducing Octopus security advisories

Updating the way we keep our customers informed about product security

Safe schema updates - Resilient vs robust IT systems

Learn about the nature of failure in complex IT systems, and the benefits and drawbacks of designing for resilience vs robustness.

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 Runbooks

Platform Engineering should be part of DevOps

Find out why Platform Engineering is more likely to succeed with DevOps than without it.

Inside DevOps with Brandon Moore

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Brandon Moore, Senior Software Developer in the power industry.

How we are using SQL Server in Octopus 3.0

Octopus 3.0 will be built on top of SQL Server. In this post I discuss how we'll be using SQL Server, the editions we support, and high availability plans.

Using Cake build scripts for your .NET Core web apps

Using Cake’s C# makefiles to script your application build process.

Runbooks best practices

This post provides a step by step template you can use to generate high quality runbooks in Octopus.

Domain does DevOps

Domain.com.au recently embraced DevOps. They use Octopus Deploy to deploy to AWS.

Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Infrastructure Redesign

The environments are has been revamped into a new Infrastructure area for our upcoming Octopus 4.0 release.
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Documentation

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Container Registry

How to add an Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) Container Registry as an Octopus feed

Azure targets

Configure your Azure infrastructure

Azure Cloud Service targets

Azure Cloud Service deployment targets allow you to reference existing classic Cloud Services in your Azure subscription, that you can then reference by role during deployments.

VIP swap

The guide demonstrates how to perform a VIP swap when deploying to Azure Cloud Services.

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