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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.

Automatic release notes and work item tracking - Octopus Deploy 2019.4

Octopus 2019.4 introduces automatic release notes generation and rich build and work item tracking.

Octopus Deploy 2019.8 - Streamlined deployment process editor, Tenant cloning, and more ...

Octopus 2019.8 introduces our streamlined deployment process editor, tenant cloning, and numerous other enhancements and improvements.

Ending support for Octopus Server on Windows Server 2008. Introducing Octopus Server on Linux!

Octopus Server 2019.3 LTS will be the final version of Octopus Server which can be hosted on Windows Server 2008, paving the way for Octopus Server on Linux!

Introducing our second release with long-term support - Octopus Server 2019.3 LTS

Octopus Server 2019.3 LTS is the second release with six months of long-term support. We recommend this release for most self-hosted customers.

Octopus Server 2019.9 with Long Term Support (LTS)

Octopus Server 2019.9 LTS is here, and we recommend this release for self-hosted customers. This release includes our streamlined deployment process editor, Tentacle for Linux, Tenant cloning, and more.

Introducing long-term Support for Octopus Server

In Q4 2018 we will be shipping our first release of Octopus Server with long-term support.

Octopus Server 2019.6 with Long Term Support (LTS)

Octopus Server 2019.6 LTS is the third release with six months of long-term support. We recommend this release for self-hosted customers.

Octopus Server 2019.12 with Long Term Support (LTS)

Octopus Server 2019.12 LTS is now available, and we recommend this release for self-hosted customers. This release includes Operations Runbooks, our official Jenkins plugin, PowerShell Core support, improved build server integration, and more.

Raising the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server

In 2020, we will raise the minimum requirements for hosting and using Octopus Server.

Bootstrap a .NET Core development environment for Linux

This post covers how to bootstrap a Linux-based development environment for day to day .NET Core development.

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!

Beyond Hello World: Build a real-world Docker CI/CD pipeline

This post demonstrates incorporating Docker containers in the CI/CD pipeline for a real-world web application with web services and a database project.

Beyond Hello World: Containerize a real-world web application

This post demonstrates how to containerize a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

Octopus Deploy in the Azure Marketplace

Octopus Deploy is now available in the Azure Marketplace

Octopuses

There are some compelling reasons to use multiple Octopus Servers. In Octopus Deploy 4.0 we want to add first-class support for these scenarios.

Escaping the pipe character in PowerShell commands

Using the pipe commands in PowerShell commands is not as simple as it seems.

How DevOps principles power Octopus documentation

How DevOps principles power Octopus documentation producing 60 guides with 300,000 words, 6,000 images and 25 hours of video maintained by a team of two.

Octopus Deploy 2019.11: Operations Runbooks RTW

Octopus 2019.11 introduces our Runbooks platform for automating operations tasks with support for scheduling, permissions, parameterized runs and more.

Should your CI/CD process be implemented in a single Pipeline as Code file?

As more teams move to Pipeline as Code, there are some important questions to ask when deciding to merge a CI/CD process into a single PaC file.

DevOps, runbooks, and kubectl

The top reasons to use Octopus Runbooks to manage your Kubernetes cluster.

A look at the new NGINX VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources

See the features of the new custom resource definitions introduced with the NGINX v1.5 ingress controller.

RFC: Removing snapshots

Snapshots have been a feature of Octopus since 2012, and they help to ensure that deployment processes are consistent for a given release. In 2015 we added Channels, which appears to make snapshots obsolete. We're considering removing snapshots in 3.4.

Beyond Hello World: Kubernetes for the uninitiated

A high-level overview of Kubernetes with a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

Beyond Hello World: Build a real-world Kubernetes CI/CD pipeline

How to incorporate Kubernetes in the CI/CD pipeline for a real-world web application with web services and a database project.

Kubernetes testing with KIND

KIND offers a new solution for spinning up Kubernetes clusters for testing and development
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Documentation

Create AWS account command

New-OctopusAwsAccount allows you to create an AWS account in Octopus from within a running deployment

Create token account command

New-OctopusTokenAccount allows you to create a Token account in Octopus from within a running deployment

Create username/password command

New-OctopusUserPassAccount allows you to create a username/password account in Octopus from within a running deployment

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