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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.

Thoughts from my User Experience Journey

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

What's new in Octopus 2.2

PowerShell console, PowerShell conventions, and IIS bindings

A first look at Jenkins X

Jenkins X is a complete mental shift from the traditional role of a CI server. In this post, we take a high-level look at Jenkins X and highlight why you need to appreciate it on its own terms.

Reprioritizing the task queue

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

Prioritizing deployments

Prioritize your deployments. Fast-tracking deployments has never been easier.

Checking Kubernetes pod CPU and memory

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

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.

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.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

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.

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.

Variable Editor Redesign - RFC

Updates to the variable editor ...

Upgrading from Octopus 3.x is easier than you think

Why and how to upgrade from Octopus 3.x.

Octopus Deploy vs. Puppet/Chef

What's the difference between Octopus and Puppet/Chef?

Octopus Deploy 4.0 - Why we chose React over Angular when rewriting the Octopus 4.0 UI

One of the biggest changes in Octopus Deploy 4.0 is a complete portal rewrite in React.

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.

Managing credentials in Jenkins

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, we take a look at the best way to manage credentials in Jenkins with the Credentials Binding plugin.

Azure VM extension for Octopus Deploy

Deploy .NET applications directly to Azure VM's using our Tentacle agent extension.

Docker Engine in Octopus Deploy

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

Multi-tenant deployments: Origins

Multi-tenant deployments have finally arrived! This post takes a look back on why the roadmap for the new feature took such a detour but how it has become ultimately shaped by our users.
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Documentation

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

Octopus Cloud

How to work with Octopus Cloud.

Space Level Insights

Space level insights

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.

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.

Script modules

Script modules allow users to create collections of functions that can be used in deployment processes across multiple projects.

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