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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.

A first look at Tekton Pipelines

This blog explores Tekton Pipelines and discusses how they fit into the CI/CD ecosystem

Octopus Deploy 2.0 API changes - RFC

For Octopus Deploy 2.0 we'll be making some improvements to the HTTP API, as well as documenting it on GitHub.

Database deployment automation using Octopus and Redgate Deployment Suite for Oracle

Octopus Deploy supports many database tools. Follow along as we get a CI/CD pipeline built to deploy a database change to an Oracle Database

Writing and linting Jenkinsfiles with Atom

Learn how to configure Atom to parse and lint your Jenkinsfiles

Octopus Deploy 3.4 EAP - Beta 2

Octopus 3.4 Beta 2 is ready, and we are excited for you to try out these features for real in your own environment: improvements on Beta 1 plus NuGet v3, SemVer 2, and F# Script support.

Considerations for browser UI testing

A look at some of the limitations and workaround for performing browser-based UI testing

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.

Semantic Versioning 2.0.0

Octopus 3.4 introduces support for Semantic Versioning 2.0.0.

Octopus goes to conferences!

Octopus started attending conferences this year and we talk about what we learned through the experience.

Booting Tomcat in Docker with the manager app

Learn how to boot a standard Tomcat Docker image with the manager app exposed and ready to accept deployments

Introducing dark mode

Octopus 2020.1 introduces a dark theme to Octopus Deploy.

Octopus 2020.1: Dark mode and better Linux support

Octopus 2020.1 includes dark mode support, AWS and Azure built-in steps are now cross-platform, the Octopus CLI is now available via Homebrew, Yum, and APT and enviroment specific worker pools.

Add post-deployment scripts to Oracle database deployments using Octopus Deploy, Jenkins, and Redgate

In Part 2 of this series of deploying to Oracle databases we will expand on the existing process to include post-deployment scripts and swap out TeamCity with Jenkins.

OctoPack 2.0.24

Find out what's new in the latest OctoPack release

Lessons learned porting Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1

We ported Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1 to unlock the ability to run on Linux, Docker Containers, and Kubernetes. This post shares lessons learned along the way.

Using DbUp and Octopus workers for database deployment automation

Using DbUp and Octopus workers for database deployment automation.

Command-line tab completion for Octopus CLI

Enable tab completion for the Octopus CLI today! We'll also dive into how shell completion works in some popular shell environments.

Deploying to Tomcat from Octopus Deploy

Learn how to deploy to Tomcat hosted on a Linux server with Octopus Deploy

The ultimate guide to Tomcat deployments

Learn how to create a secure, highly available, load-balanced Tomcat cluster with zero downtime deployments.

Using Runbooks to run ad-hoc SQL scripts in your database deployment automation pipeline

This post shows you how to use Operations Runbooks to run ad-hoc SQL scripts in your database deployment automation pipeline.

Why are there so many definitions of lead time?

Find out why there are multiple definitions of lead time and how you can use them to improve software delivery.

Removing the Azure VM extension for Tentacle

Find out why the Azure VM extension was deprecated and the recommended way to deploy Tentacle Windows VMs in the future.

DevOps uses a capability model, not a maturity model

As DevOps adoption increases, it becomes more likely the certification industrial complex will try to apply the wrong model.
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Documentation

Allow release progression

Allows a release to progress to next phase

Prevent release progression

Prevents a release from progressing to next phase

Complete

Supports command line auto completion.

Install autocomplete

Install a shell auto-complete script into your shell profile, if they aren't already there. Supports pwsh, zsh, bash & powershell.

ZipBombs and Octopus Deploy

Octopus Server actively prevents ZipBomb-based denial-of-service attacks using a number of preventative measures.

Managing Octopus subscriptions

Control Center is where you manage your Octopus subscriptions and their associated user access.

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