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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.Kubernetes deployments made easy - Octopus Deploy 2018.9
Kubernetes deployments made easy! Octopus 2018.9 includes our first-class support for Kubernetes Deployments including infrastructure support for Kubenetes Clusters and rich deployment steps to simplify your deployment process.Exploring Istio by example
In this post, we look at a very simple sample application that we’ll use to explore the functionality of Istio.What are the benefits of using NGINX Unit?
What features does NGINX Unit have that make it an attractive solution for modern deployments?Halibut: a secure communication stack for .NET/Mono
A code project article written recently about Halibut, which is a lightweight secure alternative to WCF, written for .NET/MonoAutomated blue/green database deployments
Learn some techniques for automating database deployments when using a blue/green deployment strategy.Better Octopus Integration with Azure DevOps
We recently updated our Azure DevOps extension, and it has some great new features that can improve your delivery pipeline.Running SQL Server Developer in a Linux-based Docker Container
How to run SQL Server Developer in a Linux-based Docker container.BuildDeploySupport: Sharing PowerShell scripts in Octopus
A guest blog post by Jonathan Goldman on his open source project that makes it easier to share PowerShell scripts in Octopus projects.Write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module
How to write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) moduleBootstrap Tentacle installation with Powershell DSC
Install and configure Tentacles using the power of Powershell Desired State Configuration (DSC)Integrating OAuth with Kubernetes
Integrating Google OAuth into a Kubernetes cluster.Creating an EKS cluster with eksctl
Creating EKS clusters is now a trivial task with eksctl. In this post, we’ll learn how to create a cluster and integrate it with Octopus.Running SQL Server Developer in a Windows-based Docker Container
SQL Server can run in a Windows-based docker container, how can developers leverage that on their development machines?Automating Tentacle for Linux installation with CloudFormation templates
Automating Tentacle for Linux installation with an AWS CloudFormation template.ASP.NET Core 1 build & deployment pipelines with TeamCity and Octopus
ASP.NET Core 1 and the dotnet CLI makes publishing applications a first-class feature of the platform. This post explains how to hook it into your build & deployment pipeline.Octopus 1.4 with updating variables, cloning projects and other fixes
Octopus 1.4 includes the ability to update release variables, clone projects and disabling machines.Using Cake build scripts for your .NET Core web apps
Using Cake’s C# makefiles to script your application build process.MVPs and $100k AWS Bills: Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud 1.0
Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud, the SaaS version of Octopus, and how it shaped our plans for Octopus Cloud 2.0.RFC: Azure and FTP steps
Looking for comments on two features we're currently building: Azure and FTP supportOperations Runbooks: Putting the Ops in DevOps
Operations Runbooks put the Ops in DevOps and automate routine maintenance and emergency operations (incident response) tasks.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.Octopus Server 2019.9 with Long Term Support (LTS)
Octopus Server 2019.9 LTS is here, and we recommend this release for self-hosted customers. This release includes our streamlined deployment process editor, Tentacle for Linux, Tenant cloning, and more.Octopus Deploy 2019.10 - Flexible Linux deployments, PowerShell Core support, Operations Runbooks EAP
Octopus 2019.10 introduces Tentacle for Linux for flexible Linux deployments, built-in PowerShell Core support, simpler build information and releas notes, and early access to Runbooks for your operations teams.Wanted: a universal application packaging format for .NET
Packaging formats and artifact repositories are essential to continuous delivery. Here are my dreams for a universal packaging format.Octopus Deploy 3.4 EAP
Octopus Deploy 3.4 is a big release, get involved in steering the direction of key features! Multi-tenant deployments. Elastic environments and transient machine support - machine policies.Getting started with PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
How to get started using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC)
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