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Ask Octopus Episode 19-21 - Installing Octopus, Staging deployment packages & Retrying rolling deployments

Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.

Database deployment automation approaches

This post talks about how to get started with database deployment automation and describes the main approaches: state-based and migration scripts.

OctoPack 3.0

Better TFS support, and no need to check in OctoPack to source control

Automated Database Deployments Iteration Zero

Automated Database Deployments Iteration Zero

Better multi-tenancy with Octopus Deploy

Learn about the benefits of using the multi-tenancy feature in Octopus Deploy, for scalable, reusable, simplified deployments.

Deploying database changes to Cassandra

Learn how to deploy database changes to a Cassandra server using Octopus Deploy and Liquibase.

Selenium series: Travis CI

In this post, we learn how to build and test our project with Travis CI

Octopus goes to conferences!

Octopus started attending conferences this year and we talk about what we learned through the experience.

What is CNAB?

A look at the Cloud Native Application Bundle (CNAB) specification, what problems it solves, and the pros and cons of the tooling.

Creating Kubernetes services

Learn how to expose pods to network traffic via a service, as part of our Kubernetes training series.

'Tis the week before Christmas...

It's nearly the holidays, so it's a great time to reflect on Octopus's year.

Creating a Selenium WebDriver test framework

Learn how to create a WebDriver project in Java with this blog series.

Further lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster

More lessons learned from experimenting with Raspberry Pi cluster computing.

Flexible Working - Jason's Story

Flexible work can be life changing

Wanted: a universal application packaging format for .NET

Packaging formats and artifact repositories are essential to continuous delivery. Here are my dreams for a universal packaging format.

My First Year Working at Octopus

Rob Pearson sharing what it's like to work at Octopus Deploy and a bit about the company culture.

Connect an AWS Account to Octopus Deploy

This post provides a step by step guide for connecting an AWS account to Octopus Deploy.

Securing your Kubernetes cluster with Kubewarden

Learn how to use custom Kubewarden security policies to restrict resources in your Kubernetes cluster.

Lessons from Crowdstrike’s outage

Lessons and takeaways from Crowdstrike's outage to apply to our development practices.

Adding notifications for every production deployment

An introductory guide to using subscriptions with webhooks.

Difference between docker.io, docker-cd, and Docker Desktop

Learn which version of Docker to install for your operating system.

Your guide to SHIPPED23 - Wednesday, November 15

SHIPPED23 is an all-day virtual event by Octopus Deploy on November 15, 2023. Join us for discussions about managing complex hybrid deployments at scale.

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?
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Dynamic Worker pools

Dynamic Worker pools are used in our cloud product to dynamically create and assign workers to running tasks. This page describes how dynamic worker pools work.

Spectre (Speculative Execution Side-Channel Vulnerabilities), Meltdown, and Octopus Deploy

How the Spectre (speculative execution side-channel vulnerabilities) and meltdown vulnerabilities impact Octopus Deploy

Tenant lifecycles

You can control release promotion using safe tenant-aware lifecycles.

Nexus Hosted Maven repository

Configuring a Nexus Hosted Maven repository as an Octopus feed.

Nexus Hosted NuGet repository

Configuring a Nexus Hosted NuGet repository as an Octopus feed.

Java error messages and troubleshooting

Java deployment steps include a number of unique error codes that may be displayed in the output if there was an error

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