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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.Spring configuration strategies across environments
Learn how Octopus helps you customize your Spring applications as they are deployed across multiple environmentsShaping 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.New in 2.0: Library variable sets
Library variable sets are a new feature that let you share settings between projectsAutomating Octopus with Azure Functions
Custom automation with Octopus and Azure Functions walkthrough.Creating test Kubernetes clusters with Kind
Learn how to integrate a test cluster created with Kind with OctopusNew in 2.0: Configurable Dashboards
The Octopus dashboard can now be customized to include only the projects/environments that you care aboutPublic bug bounty program with Bugcrowd
At Octopus Deploy, we’ve been running a private bug bounty program with Bugcrowd for over 12 months now, and we’re pleased to make it public.New in 2.0: Windows Service deployment
Octopus 2.0 can install and start Windows Services during deploymentOctopus August Release 3.16
This month's release includes Mono-less deployments to Linux and Mac, updated ScriptCS support, bug fixes and more.Octopus Deploy sponsors the .NET Foundation
Octopus Deploy announces corporate sponsorship for the .NET FoundationNew in 2.0: Rolling Deployments
Rolling deployments allow you to control how many machines Octopus deploys to in parallelSelf-service runbooks examples
Learn to provide common administrative tasks as self-service runbooks.From Sysadmin to SRE
Infrastructure as Code, the Sysadmin’s portal into DevOps
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Updating Windows
With Octopus Deploy you can update and patch Windows machines with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.Check Tentacles for available upgrades
An example script to check targets and workers for available Tentacle upgrades.Download package from built-in feed
An example script that downloads a package from the built-in feed.Find library variable set variables usage
An example script that loads variables from a library variable set and finds usages in project variables, and optionally deployment processes and runbooks.Find variable usage
An example script that finds usages of a variable, searching in project variables, and optionally deployment processes and runbooks.How to regenerate certificates with Octopus Server and Tentacle
How to regenerate the certificates used for communication between Octopus Server and its Tentacles.Channels
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage channels in Octopus.Create a channel
An example script that creates a channel.Lifecycles
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage lifecycles in Octopus.Create a lifecycle
An example script that creates a lifecycle.Project Groups
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage project groups in Octopus.Create a project group
An example script that creates a project group.Step Templates
This section includes examples of how to use the REST API to create and manage step templates in Octopus.Export step templates
An example script that exports all step templates in a Space to files.Create an AWS account
An example script to create an AWS account in Octopus.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.