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Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.The state of config file formats: XML vs. YAML vs. JSON vs. HCL
Learn about the different configuration file formats that are available and when you should use them.Introducing Resilient Tentacle Communications
Learn about our new Resilient Tentacle Communications feature to recover from transient network issues and improve deployment success rates.Using the Alpine Docker image
A detailed look at how to use the Alpine Docker imageTentacle versioning and when to update
Every time a new Octopus Server instance is released we also bump the Tentacle version. Here's why and what to do about it.Introducing Step Retries
Learn about our new Step Retries feature to combat transient connectivity issues and improve deployment success rates.Automated Database Deployments Series Kick Off
Automated Database Deployments Series Kick OffLet's talk Licensing
Octopus deploy licenses, renewals and upgradesThe 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.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.Packaging Node.js applications
Just because you are using Node.js, don't violate the principle of build-once, deploy-many
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Octopus CLI Global Tool
Octopus CLI installationLegacy Tentacle installation requirements
Software and hardware requirements for installing legacy versions of Tentacles.Troubleshooting OctoPack
Troubleshooting NuGet packages and OctopackLet's Encrypt integration
Octopus can integrate with Let's Encrypt to setup and automatically renew the Octopus Portal SSL certificate.AWS permissions required by Octopus
Details of the AWS permissions required by the CloudFormation steps in Octopus.Recommended database permissions
Permission recommendations for database deployments.Deploying a package to an Azure Service Fabric cluster
Octopus Deploy can help you perform repeatable and controlled deployments to Service Fabric clusters.Configuring the version of the Azure CLI
A version of Azure CLI is bundled with Octopus Deploy and it's possible to configure which version you wish to use in your deployments.Azure virtual machines
The Azure VM Tentacle extension makes it easy to automatically download, install and register a Tentacle with your Octopus Server.Record a problem with Octopus Deploy in your web browser
This page describes how you can record HTTP traffic between your browser and Octopus Server. This is especially helpful if you are having a problem with Octopus Deploy in your web browser. It includes instructions for taking a screen recording and web traffic capture, for diagnosing issues.How to get a database backup and encrypt your Master Key
Guides the user on producing a database backup binary file (.bak) and encrypt their Master Key to provide us with.Troubleshooting the Octopus installation
Troubleshooting steps for installing Octopus DeployPolling Tentacles over WebSockets
Octopus Polling Tentacles open a connection to the Octopus Server over WebSockets to ask what to do.Docker Container Registry
A Docker Registry is treated in Octopus Deploy as a feed that supplies images that are run as containers on a Docker Engine host.Record a performance trace
How to record a software performance trace of your running Octopus Server so we can solve performance issues.SSH target requirements
Requirements for using SSH deployment targets with Octopus.Deploy a Helm chart
Deploy a Helm chart to a Kubernetes cluster.Isolated Octopus Servers
Working with isolated Octopus Servers due to infrastructure or governance requirements.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.