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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.

How to Handle locked files and deployments

SysInternals Handle is a useful tool for finding why a file is locked

Migrating 426 Nancy API endpoints to ASP.NET Core controllers

We migrated Octopus Deploy to a more standardized way of writing an API, using ASP.NET controllers. Learn about our implementation strategy: Derisk, Enable, Finish.

Import and export projects and releases with Octo.exe

Octo.exe now makes it possible to synchronize projects and releases between Octopus servers.

Featured Step Template: HTTP - Test URL

Test that a URL responds at the end of a deployment

Trying Raw Octopus

Raw scripting and Package transfers make SSH deployments even easier when Calamari or Mono is not an option

What's new in Octopus 2.5

What's new in Octopus Deploy 2.5

Safe schema updates - Database delivery hell

This post opens a series about safe schema updates with a brief tour through Dante's 9 levels of Database Delivery Hell.

WildFly S3 Domain Discovery

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

Creating a WildFly cluster

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

5 Remote Desktop Alternatives

Five alternative Remote Desktop tools

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.

Cleaning temporary ASP.NET files

Cleaning temporary ASP.NET files with Octopus Deploy

Previous deployments

In 2.5.4 we added the ability to more easily view previous deployments

Creating dynamic run conditions with new Octostache filters

Learn how to use new filters in Octostache with variable run conditions.

Getting started with LDAP auth provider

Learn how to configure your self-hosted Octopus Deploy instance to work with the new LDAP auth provider.

Introducing the Workato connector for Octopus Deploy

Learn how the new Workato connector lets you easily integrate other systems with Octopus Deploy.

RFC: Lifecycles

Lifecycles enable automation and rules around promotion

Introducing Google Cloud Platform integration for Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy now includes integration for Google Cloud Platform including built-in accounts, gcloud scripts, Terraform and Kubernetes.

Octopus 2021 Q3: Google Cloud support with centralized Kubernetes deployments and runbooks

Octopus 2021 Q3: Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, Workato, LDAP, and new Octostache filters.

Deploy a PHP Site to IIS with Octopus

How to deploy php files to an IIS server with Octopus Deploy
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Documentation

delete-package

Deletes a package from the built-in NuGet repository in an Octopus Server.

Automating Octopus installation

Information on how to install and configure an Octopus Server in a fully automated way from the command line.

LDAP Authentication

Octopus Deploy can use LDAP authentication to identify users.

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