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At the helm with Harsh Sabikhi

A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they’re working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Harsh Sabikhi, Senior Vice President, Revenue.

Using the NGINX Docker image

Learn how to create Docker web apps based on the NGINX image.

Using the HTTPd Docker image

A detailed look at how to use the HTTPd web server with Docker.

Beyond Hello World: Containerize a real-world web application

This post demonstrates how to containerize a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

Learn how to deploy a container to the Google Cloud Run service.

Octopus March Release 2018.3

What's new in Octopus 2018.3

Deploying a Node.js application with Octopus Deploy

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy an application written in NodeJS with a MongoDB back-end.

Octopus plugin for Jira - Better visibility for your software pipeline

Our new Octopus Deploy plugin for Jira makes it easy to plan, track and ship software with better end-to-end visibility of your software pipeline.

Maven versions explained

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to Maven versions. Learn how Maven treats different version strings.

Introducing Google Cloud Platform integration for Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy now includes integration for Google Cloud Platform including built-in accounts, gcloud scripts, Terraform and Kubernetes.

A look at the new NGINX VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources

See the features of the new custom resource definitions introduced with the NGINX v1.5 ingress controller.

Octopus April Release 3.12

Octopus 3.12 is the start of the monthly release cadence, getting started is easier, update steps across all projects, wildcard patterns file matching for variable substitution, PowerShell debugging support, certificate-chain support, improved license notifications.

Automated database deployment process: case study

This article walks through the steps I used to help design an automated database deployment process.

How we work. Some recent lessons

Some lessons we've learned in the last few months that change the way we work. Plus tools for a distributed team

The difference between ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer Kubernetes services

Learn the differences between the 3 kinds of Kubernetes services, ClusterIP, NodePort, and LoadBalancer.
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Documentation

Minimize the data-migration time

Tips to minimize the time taken to migrate your data from Octopus 2.6 to 2018.10 LTS

Use NGINX as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

How to set up NGINX as a Reverse Proxy for Octopus Deploy

Find unused projects

An example script that will find any project that hasn't had a release created in the previous days

Find unused targets

An example script the will find provide a list of targets being unused that might cause your target count to be inflated.

Install NGINX

With Octopus Deploy you can install NGINX with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Installing Apache

With Octopus Deploy you can install Apache with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Configuring Netscaler

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

Installation Guidelines

Guidelines and recommendations for installing Octopus Deploy on your infrastructure.

Upgrade with a new server instance

Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to a new Octopus instance.

Manual upgrade

Information on how to manually upgrade to Octopus 2018.10 LTS from Octopus 2.6.5.

Octopus Tentacle

Octopus Tentacle is a lightweight agent service, available on both Windows and Linux servers to communicate securely with the Octopus Server.

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