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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.An Octopus Christmas Carol
A look at Octopus in 2022 through the lens of deployments past, present, and yet to comeAutomating SQL Server Developer installation
Learn how to automate SQL Server Developer installation using PowerShell and SQL Server's built-in tooling.How secure is Octopus Deploy, anyway?
Octopus Deploy is maturing as a business, and that means our security posture is maturing too.Webinar, May 6th: What's new in Octopus 2.4!
Come along to this webinar to learn more about the features in Octopus 2.4Octopus 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.Webinar: Automating deployments with VSTS and Octopus Deploy
Announcing a webinar with Brian A. Randell and Damian Brady to show the Octopus Deploy extension for Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation ServerBest 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.Octopus Deploy 3.4 EAP - Alpha 2
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 and project triggers!Lessons learned using Docker for development and testing on Windows
Some of the lessons I learned using Docker for development and testing on WindowsImplementing DevSecOps to respond to vulnerabilities
As part of our series about Runbooks, learn how to configure your CI/CD pipeline to quickly identify and respond to vulnerabilities.Deploying PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) like an App with Octopus Deploy
Use Octopus Deploy custom step templates and configuration data files (DSC configuration) to deploy your Infrastructure as Code using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).Calculating DORA metrics with Runbooks
Learn how to measure the performance of your deployments using the DORA metrics and a custom runbook.Mixing Keys in Tomcat
Learn how to configure Tomcat to support both RSA and ECDSA certificates on a single HTTPS port.Generating instance types lists for CloudFormation
As part of our series on Runbooks, learn how to generate a list of available instance types to include in CloudFormation templates.Creating an EC2 Octopus Worker with CloudFormation
Learn how to deploy an EC2 configured as an Octopus Worker via a CloudFormation template.Octopus December Release 4.1
This month's release of Octopus expands support for Java with Maven feeds and certificate deployments to WildFly and Tomcat.An Introduction to Arquillian Testing
Testing Java EE code requires more than just a unit test. This blog post looks at how Arquillian solves the problem of testing Java EE apps.Arquillian for Infrastructure Testing
Arquillian's ability to spin up real application servers and integrate them with unit tests makes it a powerful solution for infrastructure testing.Creating an RDS instance with CloudFormation
As part of our Runbooks series, learn how to create an RDS instance with this sample CloudFormation template.Top 8 container registries
There are many container registry services, suitable for all different kinds of teams. We look at the top 8 and why you might consider them.Deploying a Lambda with CloudFormation
As part of our Runbooks series, learn how to deploy a Lambda with this sample CloudFormation template.Octopus Workflow Builder feedback
Request for feedback on the early release of a workflow builder.At the helm with Shipra Mahindra
A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they’re working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Shipra Mahindra, Senior Product Manager.
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Security Self Assessment Questionnaire (CAIQ - Lite)
Read about our security posture in real termsVariable filters
Octopus variable substitutions support *filters* to correctly encode values for a variety of target file types.Register SSH target
An example script to register an SSH target using the REST API.AWS S3 Bucket feeds
Configuring AWS S3 buckets as Octopus FeedsApprovals
Octopus Deploy can integrate with supported ITSM tools for deployment control using Change Request approvalsServiceNow Integration
Octopus Deploy can integrate with your ServiceNow instance for deployment control using Change Request approvalsCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.