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Write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module
How to write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) moduleMaintaining your own version of the Azure CLI
Learn how to manage your own version of the Azure CLI and why we no longer support tooling.Eating our own dog food
How using Octopus to manage Octopus Cloud has helped us eat our own dog food and improveOutage on octopus.com - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.How GitHub Actions is different to traditional build servers
We explore how GitHub Actions, providing Continuous Integration as a Service, is different to traditional build servers.Why we chose Kubernetes, Linux, and .NET Core for Octopus Cloud
A reflection on the architectural options we considered for hosting Octopus Cloud v2.Remote Release Promotions RFC
We are designing a new feature to allow promoting Releases between different Octopus Servers (Spaces). You may want to do this for for security, geographic, or other reasons. This is a request-for-comments.Safe schema updates - Loose coupling mitigates human problems
On loose coupling and domain-driven development, and how they mitigate human problems that are commonly associated with monolithic architectures.Octopus Workflow Builder feedback
Request for feedback on the early release of a workflow builder.Security checkup for your Octopus
Take a few minutes to give your Octopus a security health check. We've recently shipped Octopus Cloud alpha which means we took time to look at how to keep a healthy and secure Octopus. You can too!Octopus January Release 2018.1
What's new in Octopus 2018.1Why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment
Find out why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment, plus the ways how.Building versus buying software
Probing the pros and cons of building software yourself compared to buying a product.Inside DevOps with Matt Ash
A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Matt Ash, Staff DevOps Engineer at a leading HR software platform provider.10 of our favorite Jenkins plugins
Jenkins has over 1800 community-created plugins to help with continuous integration. Here are 10 we think are useful, as part of our series about CI and build servers.Config as Code: What is it and how is it beneficial?
Learn about the benefits of Config as Code and some of the considerations when implementing Config as Code.
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How to use custom certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle
How to use custom certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle.Script integrity in Octopus Deploy
Script integrity is an interesting topic, especially in security sensitive situations. This page describes how scripting works in Octopus Deploy, interaction with PowerShell Execution Policies, and how to make Octopus work in restrictive environments.Getting started
This section provides an overview of Octopus Deploy concepts and links to the relevant documentation, which explore the concepts further and guide you through implementing them with Octopus Cloud or your own self-hosted Octopus ServerPackage repositories
Octopus can consume package feeds from the built-in repository, local and remote NuGet feeds, Maven, JetBrains TeamCity, MyGet and Azure DevOps or TFS Package Management.Octopus Cloud Uptime SLO
The uptime SLO for Octopus Cloud instancesSQL Server Database
Information about using SQL Server Database with Octopus Deploy.Configurable Timeouts and Session Invalidation
Timeouts and session invalidation can be used to enforce a user to re-authenticate.Running Azure PowerShell
Octopus supports executing PowerShell against Azure and will automatically import the Azure PowerShell modules if they are available.Azure CLI and PowerShell Scripts
Azure CLI and PowerShell Scripts allow you to manage your Azure resources as part of your deployment process.Octopus reporting with an excel template
Octopus reporting with an excel templateReport on deployments using SQL
How to report on deployments using Excel & XMLCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.