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Octopus.Client goes Open Source

Octopus.Client and Sampler are now Open Source and versioned using SemVer. Octopus.Client and Octo.exe are now .NET Core and have a Async API.

Octopus goes to conferences!

Octopus started attending conferences this year and we talk about what we learned through the experience.

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.

What is the difference between blue/green and red/black deployments?

The term blue/green and red/black are used to describe deployment strategies, but do they mean different things?

Inside DevOps with Dale Francis from Climavision

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Dales Francis, Director, Product Development at Climavision.

How does Octopus handle rollbacks?

Octopus Deploy in SD Times Magazine

%TEMP% has different values for a Windows Service running as Local System

What are SBOMs?

Find out what SBOMs are, learn about the US government's Executive Order, and how Octopus can help with your SBOMs.

How global tenanted deployments would look without automation

We explore how difficult global tenanted deployments would be if we didn't have automation.

Pitfalls with SQL rollbacks and automated database deployments

While it is possible to do SQL rollbacks to revert database changes, the real question is, should you? This article will walk through some questions to consider.

Octopus 2.0 Guided Failures: RFC

RFC: Docker integration

Request For Comment on proposed Docker integration

Empower your team with self-service application deployments

Self-service deployments allow more members of your team to deploy to pre-production environments, but there are some things to consider.

Octopus vs. Build Servers

Domain does DevOps

Domain.com.au recently embraced DevOps. They use Octopus Deploy to deploy to AWS.

Octopus 2.0 Task Output: RFC

The tasks screen will get an update in Octopus 2.0. Here are some mockups.

Documentation

Common patterns

Common patterns in database deployments

Show configuration

 Outputs the server configuration

Show configuration

 Outputs the Tentacle configuration

Lost Master Key

Get your Octopus Server working again after losing your Master Key

Capture a crash dump

How to capture a crash dump to help the Octopus team diagnose problems when something unexpected happens.

Rotate Master Key

Generate a new Master Key and re-encrypt all the sensitive data.

Azure Service Fabric cluster targets

Azure Service Fabric Cluster deployment targets allow you to reference existing Service Fabric Cluster apps that are available in your Azure subscription, that you can then reference by role during deployments.

Applying Operating System upgrades

This is the procedure you should follow when applying patches to the Operating System where Octopus Server is hosted.

Capture and export a HAR file

How to capture a HAR file to help the Octopus team diagnose problems when something unexpected happens.

Ongoing Maintenance

Guidelines and recommendations for ongoing maintenance with Octopus Deploy.

Upgrading major releases of Octopus Deploy

Information on how to upgrade major releases of Octopus Deploy.

Guided failures

Guided failures allow problematic deployments to be reviewed and managed human intervention.

Branching

Implementing different branching strategies with Octopus Deploy.

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