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Ask Octopus Episodes 43-45 - LTS 2019.6, restarting VMs during deployments & Automatic Release Creation.
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have received and how we went about solving them.Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.A beginner's guide to containers
A brief overview at containers covering what they are and why they're useful.Introducing project TestDrive
We are proud to announce the release of several VMs for customers to test CI/CD workflows with Jenkins, Octopus, and a variety of other platforms.Removing the Azure VM extension for Tentacle
Find out why the Azure VM extension was deprecated and the recommended way to deploy Tentacle Windows VMs in the future.Further lessons learned building a Raspberry Pi cluster
More lessons learned from experimenting with Raspberry Pi cluster computing.Creating EC2 instance in AWS with CloudFormation
Learn how to create Windows and Linux EC2 instances in AWS with example CloudFormation templatesLessons learned using Docker for development and testing on Windows
Some of the lessons I learned using Docker for development and testing on WindowsUsing Infrastructure as Code with Operations Runbooks
This post discusses how to leverage Operations Runbooks with Infrastructure as CodeAzure VM extension for Octopus Deploy
Deploy .NET applications directly to Azure VM's using our Tentacle agent extension.Azure Virtual Machine Extension
Announcing the re-release of the Azure Virtual Machine extension to install Tentacle's on your Cloud VMsWhat is shadow IT?
When we talk about Shadow IT, we're talking about IT resources that an organization doesn't have visibility on. Find out how this affects your business, and how runbooks can help.Choosing a container platform
A look at different container platforms and their suitability.Cloud-native database deployment authentication
Our most popular database deployment templates have been updated with cloud-native authentication.5 Remote Desktop Alternatives
Five alternative Remote Desktop toolsWhy we chose Kubernetes, Linux, and .NET Core for Octopus Cloud
A reflection on the architectural options we considered for hosting Octopus Cloud v2.Sharing Workers across spaces
Learn methods to easily share Workers between spaces.Benefits of isolated tenanted infrastructure
Learn the different ways you can isolate your customers' data and why we recommend isolated infrastructure.What is cloud orchestration?
The post discusses cloud orchestration and cloud automation, as a service models, cloud orchestration tooling, and where Octopus fits in as a cloud-agnostic deployment tool.
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Designing Octopus HA in AWS
Information on configuring Octopus High Availability hosted in AWS.Designing Octopus HA in Azure
Information on configuring Octopus High Availability hosted in Microsoft Azure.Designing Octopus HA On-Premises
Information on configuring Octopus High Availability including database and shared storage set up for on-premises servers.Add deployment targets
Step by step guide on how to add deployment targets in Octopus Deploy.Add runbook deployment targets
Step by step guide on how to add deployment targets for runbooks in Octopus Deploy.How High Availability Works
Understanding the inner workings on how high availability works in Octopus Deploy.Updating Windows
With Octopus Deploy you can update and patch Windows machines with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.Installation requirements
Software and hardware requirements for installing the Octopus Server.Editing a project with version control enabled
What to expect when using the Configuration as Code feature in Octopus DeployDesigning Octopus HA in GCP
Information on configuring Octopus High Availability hosted in Google Cloud Platform (GCP).Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.