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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.

Trust Me - Assigning and Assuming IAM Roles

Learn how to use roles assigned to EC2 instances and assume secondary roles.

Cloud-native database deployment authentication

Our most popular database deployment templates have been updated with cloud-native authentication.

Using classes in custom step templates

Learn how to implement a class in a custom step template.

Creating an EKS cluster in AWS

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to create an EKS cluster in AWS.

Automatically provisioning Amazon EC2 instances with Tentacle installed

A short code snippet that helps you to create EC2 instances with the Octopus Deploy Tentacle agent installed and registered, ready for deployment.

How we use SQL Server as a Document Store

18 months ago we switched from RavenDB to SQL Server, but we kept using SQL as if it were a document store. This post goes into some detail about how our database works.

Deployment process enhancements update

A quick overview of some of the enhancements that have been shipped over the last few months to make configuring your deployment process a little bit easier

CloudFormation, WildFly and Deploying Maven Artifacts

Take a look at how you can tie together a number of the new features from recent releases to deploy Java apps to the cloud.

Spring Boot as a Service

Learn how to deploy Spring Boot fully executable JAR files to EC2 Linux instances as services

Using AWS IAM roles in Octopus

Learn how IAM roles allow users to temporarily assume new permissions or perform work from an EC2 instance without any additional credentials.

Feature prioritization: do votes trump all?

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

Introducing Octopus Samples

An introduction to the Octopus Samples instance and how you can access it to see sample projects in Octopus Deploy.

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.

An Octopus Christmas Carol

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

Reprioritizing the task queue

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

Deploy your first container to Kubernetes via Octopus

Learn how to perform your first container deployment

Building a dynamic worker army with Terraform and AWS autoscaling groups

How to create dynamic worker infrastructure using Terraform and AWS autoscaling groups.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

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.
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Deploy an AWS CloudFormation template

Deploy an AWS CloudFormation Template.

AWS accounts

Configure your infrastructure so Octopus can deploy infrastructure to AWS and run scripts against the AWS CLI.

Samples instance

View real-world deployment and runbook examples in our Octopus Cloud samples instance - https://samples.octopus.app

Deploying a sample Java application

This guide provides a simple example of deploying a Java application with Octopus Deploy.

List Worker pools

List worker pools

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.

Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS

API

The Insights API

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