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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.

Creating EC2 instance in AWS with CloudFormation

Learn how to create Windows and Linux EC2 instances in AWS with example CloudFormation templates

Installing Tentacles with DSC in AWS CloudFormation templates

Learn how to configure a target work Worker Tentacle when creating a new EC2 instance with CloudFormation.

Insight Partners invests $172.5M in Octopus Deploy

Insight Partners is one of the largest and most successful venture funds in the world, and they’ve invested USD $172.5m in Octopus Deploy. Find out more.

Feature prioritization: do votes trump all?

What factors need to be considered when deciding which features to implement first?

Octopus 2021 Q1: Self-host Octopus on Linux

Octopus 2021 Q1: Octopus Server's Linux Docker image is Released to Web (RTW), Tentacle for ARM/ARM64, Global Search and API key management improvements.

Creating dynamic run conditions with new Octostache filters

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

How to export metrics from Windows Kubernetes nodes in AKS

A guide to setting up Prometheus metric exporting from Windows nodes in your Azure Kubernetes Service cluster.

Comparing Lean, Agile, and Continuous Delivery

Are Agile and Lean principles still relevant and how do they compare to Continuous Delivery?

An Octopus Christmas Carol

A look at Octopus in 2022 through the lens of deployments past, present, and yet to come

Automating support emails with Octopus Runbooks

You can use Octopus Runbooks to automate delivery of important information to your support teams when things go wrong. This post explains how.

Reprioritizing the task queue

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

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.

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.

Checking Kubernetes pod CPU and memory

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

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.

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.

Using dynamic build agents to automate scaling in Jenkins

With some setup, Jenkins can automatically react to your processing needs, creating extra nodes to manage processes. This post explains 2 setup methods.

Documentation

Configuring Netscaler

Script to configure a Netscaler load balancer for use with an Octopus High Availability instance.

Rerun all canceled deployments and runbook runs after node shutdown.

An example script that determine which deployments and runbook runs were canceled because of a node shutdown and resubmit them.

Variable substitutions

Variable substitutions are a flexible way to adjust configuration based on your variables and the context of your deployment.

Installation Guidelines

Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.

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.

Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Enable web request logging

How to enable web request logging to help the Octopus team analyze usage patterns and detecting performance problems.

Octopus Cloud

How to work with Octopus Cloud.

Space Level Insights

Space level insights

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