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WildFly S3 Domain Discovery

Learn how to use S3 buckets as a domain discovery mechanism in AWS.

Deploying to MongoDB with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy to MongoDB using Liquibase.

Creating a WildFly cluster

Learn how to use a shared database to create a WildFly cluster in AWS.

Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling

Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.

Deploying to Google Cloud Functions

Learn how to deploy functions to the Google Cloud Platform.

What is a container registry? A guide + top 8 registries to consider

There are many container registry services, suitable for all different kinds of teams. We look at the top 8 and why you might consider them.

Microservices and frameworks

An overview of microservices and the different frameworks you can use to support them.

Expanding the use of execution containers

Octopus 2024.1 added the ability to use an inline Dockerfile or a URL to a Git repository to build the Docker container used for a deployment.

Beyond Hello World: Containerize a real-world web application

This post demonstrates how to containerize a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

Choosing a container platform

A look at different container platforms and their suitability.

High Availability performance benefits

Octopus Deploy High Availability is our offering for customers where Octopus Deploy has become a critical piece of infrastructure. In addition to the benefits of extra reliability, High Availability provides performance gains over a single Octopus Server. Our aim was to provide a linear performance increase as you add nodes to your High Availability cluster.

What is a Service Mesh?

This post looks at what a Service Mesh is, how it’s different to an Ingress Controller, and why you would use one.

What are the benefits of using NGINX Unit?

What features does NGINX Unit have that make it an attractive solution for modern deployments?

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Raising the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server

In 2020, we will raise the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server.

Deploy a Helm chart with Octopus

Learn how to deploy a sample Helm chart to Kubernetes with Octopus

Building versus buying software

Probing the pros and cons of building software yourself compared to buying a product.

Generic OpenID Connect accounts

Generic OpenID Connect accounts now support Octopus as a client to autheticate with services like HashiCorp Vault, GCP, and many more.

Octopus Deploy comes to AppVeyor

The new Octopus Deploy feature in AppVeyor makes Continuous Deployments in the cloud even easier

Kubernetes testing with KIND

KIND offers a new solution for spinning up Kubernetes clusters for testing and development

Octopus Deploy in the Azure Marketplace

Octopus Deploy is now available in the Azure Marketplace

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?

Documentation

Installing the Tentacle via DSC in an ARM template

How to install the Tentacle using Desired State configuration (DSC) in Azure Resource Manager (ARM) Template

Azure DevOps

Octopus Deploy integrates with Azure DevOps to provide for a full automated build and deployment pipeline.

Connecting projects

By connecting tenants to projects, you can control which projects will be deployed into which environments for each tenant.

Emergency operations

This section includes examples of how to use runbooks to help automate disaster recovery operations.

AWS

Octopus Deploy provides built-in support for deploying to Amazon Web Services (AWS).

IIS websites and application pools

Octopus has built-in support for configuring IIS web sites, applications and virtual directories.

Installing the Octopus CLI as a capability

This guide covers how to add the Octopus CLI as a capability to your Azure DevOps custom build agents.

Multi-region deployment pattern

Implementing multi-region deployments, i.e. deploying to multiple geographic regions, with Octopus.

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