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Top 8 container registries

There are many container registry services, suitable for all different kinds of teams. We look at the top 8 and why you might consider them.

Getting started with Kind and Octopus

Learn how to perform your first Kubernetes deployment with Kind and Octopus

Installing Minikube on Windows

Learn how to get a test Kubernetes environment on Windows with Minikube

Common deployment patterns and how to use them in Octopus

Deployment patterns are important to any development pipeline. This post looks at some common deployment patterns and explains how to set them up in Octopus.

Create a public AWS VPC with CloudFormation

Learn how to create a public AWS VPC with this sample CloudFormation template.

Checking Kubernetes pod CPU and memory

Learn how to check a pod's resource usage in Kubernetes.

Reprioritizing the task queue

Learn about our new feature that lets you reprioritize the task queue in Octopus.

Set up a local Kubernetes deployment pipeline

We teach you how to set up a local Kubernetes deployment pipeline, so you can experiment without risk.

Selenium series: Installing the tools

In this post, we install the Serverless application

Selenium series: The Maven POM file

In this post, we create a simple Pom.xml file, configuring the Selenium dependencies.

The benefits of containerization

Containers have a range of benefits that help you become more agile in software delivery. Containers are scalable, portable and complement your DevOps processes.

Upgrading from Octopus 3.x is easier than you think

Why and how to upgrade from Octopus 3.x.

How to install a Jenkins instance with Helm

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to install Jenkins via Helm.

Secrets in GitHub Actions

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to add secrets in GitHub to use with GitHub Actions, plus how to call them in workflows.

Insights from our Optimizing Octopus webinar

Learn how to keep Octopus running smoothly, and easily see what’s happening, all with a little planning, maintenance and smart use of Octopus features.

Our most popular webinars in 2020

Join us as we list out our favorite webinars of 2020.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Thoughts from my User Experience Journey

Thoughts and takeaways from my recent journey with the Onboarding team, diving further into user-experience.

Variable Editor Redesign - RFC

Updates to the variable editor ...

Deploying to Tomcat from Octopus Deploy

Learn how to deploy to Tomcat hosted on a Linux server with Octopus Deploy

Lessons learned porting Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1

We ported Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1 to unlock the ability to run on Linux, Docker Containers, and Kubernetes. This post shares lessons learned along the way.

Documentation

Preparing your Terraform environment

Configuring remote state, backends, and cloud accounts using Terraform with Octopus

Project Insights

Project level insights are available as a new tab in every project so you can understand the performance of your projects across channels, environments, and tenants.

Space Level Insights

Space level insights

Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Octopus Cloud

How to work with Octopus Cloud.

Reprioritize Tasks

An example script to find deployments or runbook runs for a specific environment, project, or tenant and move them to the top of the queue.

Manually fail a task

How to manually fail a running or canceling task when tasks hang or get stuck.

Add a Space with environments

An example script to create a new space and populate it with some default environments.

Resetting passwords

The Octopus Web Portal makes it easy to change or reset your password.

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