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Automated database deployment process: case study

This article walks through the steps I used to help design an automated database deployment process.

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 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.

Synchronizing projects in managed spaces

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

Octopus presenting at WinOps 2018 London

Derek Campbell will be presenting at the WinOps 2018 event this month in London on how Octopus Deploy enables a successful DevOps journey.

Domain does DevOps

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

Improvements to Adding a Deployment Target Experience and Interface

Learn about some recent UI changes around deployment targets and why we made them.

The key assumption of modern work culture

Find out the key assumption that you must change for your organization to adopt modern culture.

Flexible Working - Jason's Story

Flexible work can be life changing

Inside DevOps with Matt Ash

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Matt Ash, Staff DevOps Engineer at a leading HR software platform provider.

Common mistakes in DevOps metrics

Learn what to avoid as you create and evolve your DevOps measurement system.

Taming the Kraken: How to protect your data

Learn how to keep your data safe when Octopus Deploy is deploying your database updates.

Pitfalls with SQL rollbacks and automated database deployments

While it is possible to do SQL rollbacks to revert database changes, the real question is, should you? This article will walk through some questions to consider.

Runbooks best practices

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

How to export metrics from Windows Kubernetes nodes in AKS

A guide to setting up Prometheus metric exporting from Windows nodes in your Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.

What is cloud orchestration?

The post discusses cloud orchestration and cloud automation, as a service models, cloud orchestration tooling, and where Octopus fits in as a cloud-agnostic deployment tool.

Creating a high-performance DevOps toolchain

Discover the elements of a high-performance DevOps toolchain and the research that backs it up.

At the helm with Michael Richardson

This post opens a series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they're working on improve the product, and more. First is Michael Richardson, our original product management leader.

Top 8 container registries

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.

Performing canary deployments in Kubernetes

Learn how to use the Voyager ingress controller to implement canary deployments in Kubernetes
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Documentation

FIPS and Octopus Deploy

Details of using Octopus Deploy in a FIPS compliant environment.

Azure targets

Configure your Azure infrastructure

SQL Server deployments

Automating deployments to SQL Server

Databases

Database deployments

Disaster recovery

How to work with your data and disaster recovery in an Octopus Cloud instance.

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.

Performance

Octopus is all about reliable and repeatable deployments, but that doesn't mean it has to be slow. This page will help you tune your deployments for the best performance in your scenario.

VIP swap

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

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