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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.Mixing Keys in Tomcat
Learn how to configure Tomcat to support both RSA and ECDSA certificates on a single HTTPS port.Hashing API keys to improve security
From Octopus 2.2 onwards we're going to be storing API keys using a one-way hash functionThe key assumption of modern work culture
Find out the key assumption that you must change for your organization to adopt modern culture.Scripting the creation of Octopus API keys
Learn how to script the creation of an API key for use with the Octopus REST API, and how to use browser developer tools to explore the Octopus API in action.Using Azure Key Vault with Octopus
Introducing a new step template to allow secrets stored in Azure Key Vault to be used in deployments or runbooks.
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Documentation
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.Rotating the Master Key
A guide to rotating the Master Key on all machines hosting the Octopus Server.Rotate Master Key
Generate a new Master Key and re-encrypt all the sensitive data.Set Master Key
Sets the new master key in the config after rotation.How to Create an API Key
How to create an API key to interact with Octopus without the need for a username and password.Lost Master Key
Get your Octopus Server working again after losing your Master KeyRecovering after losing your Octopus Server and Master Key
A guide to recovering if the machine hosting Octopus Server dies irrecoverably, and you don't have the Master Key.SSH key pair account
SSH key pair accounts allow you to securely authenticate with SSH targets.Create an API Key
An example script that creates an API Key.Show Master Key
Print the server's Master Encryption Key, so that it can be backed upShow thumbprint
Shows the thumbprint of the server instanceSSL certificate
Binds the SSL/TLS certificate used by the portal to the specified address/port.Version
Show the Octopus Server version informationWatchdog
Configure a scheduled task to monitor the Octopus service(s).Tentacle.exe command line
Tentacle.exe is the command line executable that runs the Octopus Tentacle instance.Agent
Starts the Tentacle Agent in debug modeCheck services
Checks the Tentacle instances are runningConfigure
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to configure Tentacle settings.Create instance
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to register a new instance of the Tentacle service.Delete instance
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to delete an instance of the Tentacle service.Deregister from
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to deregister a deployment target from an Octopus Server.Deregister Worker
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to deregister a Worker from an Octopus Server.Extract
Extracts a NuGet packageImport certificate
Using the Tentacle.exe command line executable to replace the certificate that Tentacle uses to authenticate itself.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.