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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.

RFC: Remote delta compression in Octopus

We're thinking of implementing remote delta compression in Octopus to reduce the bandwidth used during deployments

Variable specificity and complexity

Variables can be scoped to multiple values. What's the simplest way to score them?

Performing canary deployments in Kubernetes

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

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

Learn how to deploy a container to the Google Cloud Run service.

Canary deployments with ECS

Learn how to use an external deployment controller to perform Canary deployments in ECS

Octopus Deploy 3.7: Effortless step templates

The new release of Octopus Deploy steps it up a notch by improving the UI for adding a step template, providing direct access to community step templates from a project's deployment process and improving the management of step templates in the library.

Variable Editor Redesign - RFC

Updates to the variable editor ...

Octopus 2.0: Bound fields UX

Docker Engine in Octopus Deploy

Simple Docker Engine commands are now available in Octopus Deploy for testing and feedback

Improving PowerShell compatibility

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Documentation

Upgrading a modern version of Octopus

Everything you need to know about upgrading a modern version of Octopus.

Create a new scheduled runbook trigger

An example script to create and publish a new runbook scheduled trigger

List deployments to environment

An example script to retrieve a list of deployments to an environment

Register SSH target

An example script to register an SSH target using the REST API.

Enable/disable project

An example script that enables or disables a project in Octopus.

Adding Environments

An example script to create environments in a Space.

Create a runbook

An example script that creates a runbook.

Deploy existing release

An example script to deploy an existing release.

Auditing

Octopus Deploy captures audit information whenever significant events happen in the system.

Updating Linux

With Octopus Deploy you can update and patch Linux machines with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Delta compression for package transfers

Octopus delta compression for package transfers can dramatically reduce the time for package acquisition during deployment.

Create and publish a new runbook snapshot

An example script to create and publish a new runbook snapshot

Promote a release not in the destination

An example script that will promote a release if it is not in the destination.

Ongoing Maintenance

Guidelines and recommendations for ongoing maintenance with Octopus Deploy.

Best Practices

Some of the best practices you can adopt to set yourself up for success in using Octopus Deploy.

Environments, Deployment Targets, and Roles

Guidelines and recommendations for configuring environments, deployment targets, and lifecycles in Octopus Deploy.

Installation Guidelines

Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.

Import projects

An example script that will import projects from a previously executed export task from another space on an Octopus instance.

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