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10 of our favorite actions for GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is a newcomer to Continuous Integration and provides CI as a Service. Here are 10 of our favorite actions to install from the GitHub Marketplace.

10 pillars of pragmatic Kubernetes deployments

The 10 pillars of pragmatic Kubernetes deployments is a comprehensive guide to building a repeatable deployment pipeline from Octopus to Kubernetes. Download the ebook.

10 of our favorite Jenkins plugins

Jenkins has over 1800 community-created plugins to help with continuous integration. Here are 10 we think are useful, as part of our series about CI and build servers.

Ask Octopus Episode 10 - Subscriptions, System Security and Redeploy Failed Releases

Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.

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.

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.

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.

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

Feature prioritization: do votes trump all?

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

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.

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.

Deploy your first container to Kubernetes via Octopus

Learn how to perform your first container deployment

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

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.

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.

Upgrading from Octopus 3.x is easier than you think

Why and how to upgrade from Octopus 3.x.

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.

Thoughts from my User Experience Journey

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

Our most popular webinars in 2020

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

Deploying a sample Java application

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

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

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.

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.

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