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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.

Chaos engineering and runbooks

Learn how runbooks can enrich your deployments with the Chaos Toolkit.

RFC: Remote delta compression in Octopus

We're thinking of implementing remote delta compression in Octopus to reduce the bandwidth used during deployments

Best practices for CI/CD

8 best practices for CI/CD, using agile, committing code frequently, using Config as Code, keeping builds green, automating your tests, using a feedback loop, and using fit for purpose technologies.

The different types of software tests

Learn why testing is important, read about manual and automated testing, and functional and non-functional testing with examples.

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?

SSL 3.0 "POODLE" and Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy uses TLS 1.0 and isn't vulnerable to the SSL 3.0 "POODLE" vulnerability

Common mistakes in DevOps metrics

Learn what to avoid as you create and evolve your DevOps measurement system.

Inside DevOps with Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg.

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments is now available. Plus new integrations and an acquisition.

On the naming of “DevOps Engineers”

Why is this job title so controversial? What's a better option?

Planning Octopus 2.0

We're planning some big changes for Octopus 2.0. We need to avoid second system syndrome as well as resting on our laurels.

What are SBOMs?

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

Cloud-nomad architecture

As more organizations rethink their cloud and microservices decisions, it's time for cloud-nomad architectures.

Safe schema updates - Resilient vs robust IT systems

Learn about the nature of failure in complex IT systems, and the benefits and drawbacks of designing for resilience vs robustness.

From Sysadmin to SRE

Infrastructure as Code, the Sysadmin’s portal into DevOps

Understanding performance through team types

Find out how the descriptive team types in the State of DevOps report can help you improve.

Comparing Lean, Agile, and Continuous Delivery

Are Agile and Lean principles still relevant and how do they compare to Continuous Delivery?

Deploy your first container to Kubernetes via Octopus

Learn how to perform your first container deployment

Behind the scenes of the Octopus Extension for GitHub Copilot

Learn how we integrated Azure AI and Copilot when making the Octopus extension.

Octopus 2022 Q2: Containerize and modernize your CI/CD pipeline

Octopus 2022 Q2 with support for cloud-native containers and serverless is now available. Plus automatic cloud target discovery and ServiceNow integration (early access).

The ultimate guide to Kubernetes microservice deployments

Learn how to deploy microservices into a Kubernetes cluster with Octopus Deploy.

Have you designed your application for deployment?

Strategies and ideas to simplify the deployment process of applications.

Deploy and consume ZIP files from Maven

Learn how to deploy ZIP files to Maven and consume them in an Octopus project.
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Documentation

Security

Security considerations for Octopus Administrators.

Hardening Octopus

If you are hosting Octopus Deploy yourself, this guide will help you harden your network, host operating system, and Octopus Server itself. This includes things such as configuring malware protection (anti-virus), and utilizing allow lists.

Subscription webhook notifications

Set up a Slack notification from a subscription

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