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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.Using the Alpine Docker image
A detailed look at how to use the Alpine Docker imageDeploying AWS SAM templates with Octopus
Learn how to integrate SAM templates with Octopus deployments for AWS serverless applications.Managing Ansible Deployments with Octopus
Learn how to deploy Ansible scripts from OctopusAdding versions to your GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions are a powerful new feature for GitHub users, but they lack native versioning capabilities. In this blog post, we’ll see how to implement versioning.Verifying backups with Runbooks
Learn how to automate the process of verifying your backups using a custom runbook.Java CI/CD: From release management to operations
In this post, we create example runbook to implement operations tasks.Create an AKS Cluster with Pulumi and Octopus Deploy
Learn how to create an Azure Kubernetes Cluster (AKS) using Pulumi, Python, and Octopus DeployImplementing 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.Using the Azure custom script extension for complex installations
A deep dive into the Azure custom script extension for Windows VMsCalculating DORA metrics with Runbooks
Learn how to measure the performance of your deployments using the DORA metrics and a custom runbook.Bitbucket Pipelines: Pipes and integrating with Octopus Deploy
What are Bitbucket Pipes, and how can you integrate them into your Bitbucket Pipeline with Octopus Deploy?Publishing a package to Octopus with GitHub Actions
A post showing how to create a GitHub Action that pushes a package to Octopus.Reusable YAML with CircleCI orbs
An overview of using and creating CircleCI Orbs.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.Lessons learned implementing database deployments
Exploring the pitfalls of implementing database deploymentsResetting RavenDB indexes
Sometimes in order to troubleshoot Octopus, you'll need to reset your RavenDB indexes.Octopus 2.0 Task Output: RFC
The tasks screen will get an update in Octopus 2.0. Here are some mockups.Maven repositories explained
Learn how Maven repositories are structured and how to access artifacts stored in them.Octopus 2.0 UI: Angular, Grunt and responsiveness
Some screenshots of the Octopus 2.0 progress
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Documentation
Tentacle installation requirements
Software and hardware requirements for installing the latest version of Tentacle.Worker Tools, Versioning and Caching
How Octopus creates, versions, caches, and releases the worker-tools docker images for use with the execution containers for workers feature.SSH target requirements
Requirements for using SSH deployment targets with Octopus.Dynamic Worker pools
Dynamic Worker pools are used in our cloud product to dynamically create and assign workers to running tasks. This page describes how dynamic worker pools work.Subscription webhook notifications
Set up a Slack notification from a subscriptionGitHub Actions
GitHub Actions can leverage the Octopus CLI to pack, build, push, and create releases for Octopus Deploy.Security
Security considerations for Octopus Administrators.Authentication providers
Authentication options for Octopus Deploy including our internal provider, Active Directory, Azure AD, Okta, and GoogleApps.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.