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Introducing Git protections

Git protections add an extra layer of protection when deploying your code. They make sure the right resources get deployed to the right environments.

Using Git resources directly in deployments

Additional support for sourcing dependencies directly from Git without intermediate packaging.

Sourcing Kubernetes manifests from Git

You can now reference YAML configurations from your Git repository in the Deploy raw Kubernetes YAML step.

Selenium series: populating the Git repo

In this post, we learn how to push our code to GitHub.

How to structure your Git repository for DevOps automation

Learn how to structure your Git repositories to store your scripts, infrastructure as code configuration files, application configuration files, docs and more.

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.

Shaping Configuration as Code

We've been busy recently building Configuration as Code support for Octopus Deploy. Learn about some of the factors that shaped this feature.

Expanding the use of execution containers

Octopus 2024.1 added the ability to use an inline Dockerfile or a URL to a Git repository to build the Docker container used for a deployment.

Shaping Config as Code for variables

Learn how customer feedback informed updates to Configuration as Code.

What is GitOps?

GitOps is an exciting new paradigm, but it can be hard to understand exactly what the term means.

RFC: Version Control of Octopus configuration with Octopus Declarative

We want to build a great experience for people who want to store their Octopus configuration in Git.

A first look at Tekton Pipelines

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

A first look at Jenkins X

Jenkins X is a complete mental shift from the traditional role of a CI server. In this post, we take a high-level look at Jenkins X and highlight why you need to appreciate it on its own terms.

Running unit tests in Jenkins

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to run unit tests in Jenkins and capture the results.

Octopus Deploy Config as Code: early access preview

Octopus Deploy's Configuration as Code solution is now available as a preview release for all customers.

Fast track code promotion in your CI/CD pipeline

Learn how to use pre-approved deployment pipelines to rapidly promote code into production

Using Jenkins Pipelines with Octopus

Learn how to trigger Octopus deployments with Jenkins Pipelines

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments

Octopus 2022 Q1: Config as Code for deployments is now available. Plus new integrations and an acquisition.

Best 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.

Documentation

Migrating variables to Git

Variables needs to be manually migrated to Git for existing projects

Converting projects to Git

Converting a project to leverage the configuration as a code feature.

octopus project convert

Convert a project to use Config As Code

octopus project create

Create a project

Creating releases from a build server plugin on a version-controlled project

Examples of how to ensure that the right branch is used to create the release when using a build server plugin.

Configuration as Code reference

Details about the configuration as code feature.

Creating and deploying releases on a version-controlled project

What to expect when creating and deploying releases on a version-controlled project using the Configuration as Code feature in Octopus Deploy.

octopus release create

Create a release

Configuration as Code

Projects can be version-controlled as text in a Git repository

Jenkins Pipeline projects

Managing Octopus steps in a Jenkins pipeline project.

Runbook variables

How to use variables in runbooks

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