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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.DevOps, runbooks, and kubectl
The top reasons to use Octopus Runbooks to manage your Kubernetes cluster.Self-service runbooks examples
Learn to provide common administrative tasks as self-service runbooks.From Sysadmin to SRE
Infrastructure as Code, the Sysadmin’s portal into DevOpsOctopus Deploy 2017 Roadmap
This post outlines our roadmap for 2017, and all of the improvements we're planning to make to Octopus over the next year.100x faster db deploys
Learn how to skip unnecessary schema compares in tightly coupled systems for faster database deployments.Using AWS IAM roles in Octopus
Learn how IAM roles allow users to temporarily assume new permissions or perform work from an EC2 instance without any additional credentials.Configuring Windows servers with Chocolatey, PowerShell, and Octopus Runbooks
This post shows you how to automate your Windows server setup with Chocolatey, PowerShell, and Octopus Runbooks.Mixing Kubernetes Roles, RoleBindings, ClusterRoles, and ClusterBindings
This post looks at the results of mixing the various roles and bindings available in KubernetesThe DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book
Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.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.Java deployments to Tomcat with YAML and XML configuration file replacements
Learn how to take advantage of the XML, YAML, and Properties configuration file replacement when deploying Java applications.Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling
Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.Deploying to Oracle with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase
Learn how to deploy to Oracle using Octopus Deploy and Liquibase.Runbook lessons learned and recommendations
Recommendations from lessons learned on how to design and implement runbooksRFC: Azure Service Fabric support
This post aims to discuss integrated support for deployments to Azure Service Fabric from Octopus DeployIntegrating Octopus and Grafana
Learn how to use the Octopus Grafana datasource plugin to visualize your deployments
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Change users AD domain to LDAP
An example script that swaps an Octopus user's Active Directory login record for a matching LDAP one.Find variable usage
An example script that finds usages of a variable, searching in project variables, and optionally deployment processes and runbooks.How to regenerate certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle
How to regenerate the certificates used for communication between Octopus Server and its Tentacles.Channels
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage channels in Octopus.Create a channel
An example script that creates a channel.Lifecycles
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage lifecycles in Octopus.Create a lifecycle
An example script that creates a lifecycle.Project Groups
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage project groups in Octopus.Create a project group
An example script that creates a project group.Step Templates
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage step templates in Octopus.Export step templates
An example script that exports all step templates in a Space to files.Create an AWS account
An example script to create an AWS account in Octopus.Environment recommendations
Environments form the backbone of your deployment pipeline. Here we provide some recommendations for configuring your environments to better prepare you to scale your Octopus Deploy instance up and out as you add more projects.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.