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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.Webinar - CI/CD Pipelines - Real-World, Expert Optimization Tips & Tricks
Practical advice for optimizing your CI/CD pipelineOutage on octopus.com - report and learnings
Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work
Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.Your guide to SHIPPED23 - Wednesday, November 15
SHIPPED23 is an all-day virtual event by Octopus Deploy on November 15, 2023. Join us for discussions about managing complex hybrid deployments at scale.Defining a target architecture
How to approach defining a target architecture for your software systems.How we think about creating new architecture
Creating a new architecture can be daunting. Find out how we approach creating new architecture within Octopus, with real examples to tame complexity and achieve success.Inside DevOps with Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg
A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg.Announcing Octopus Cloud
Octopus Cloud is now generally available!Integrating ServiceNow and Octopus to increase efficiency: Unily’s story
Unily uses Octopus and ServiceNow to manage complex deployments to all customers. In this post, we dive into Unily’s solution and how the integration helps minimize downtime and increase efficiency.The new DevOps performance clusters
Explains the changes and additions to performance clusters in The State of DevOps Report 2022.DORA metrics - The predictive link between DevOps practice and business outcomes
What are the DORA metrics? Why do they matter? How can you use them to drive improvement?Automated database deployment process: case study
This article walks through the steps I used to help design an automated database deployment process.Thoughts from my User Experience Journey
Thoughts and takeaways from my recent journey with the Onboarding team, diving further into user-experience.Integrating Octopus and Grafana
Learn how to use the Octopus Grafana datasource plugin to visualize your deploymentsSHA1 "Shattered" Collision
How recent SHA1 collision attack discoveries impact Octopus, and PowerShell scripts to detect if you use SHA1 certificatesFrom zero to Octopus hero - Getting to know Octopus Deploy
Join Sarah Lean as she learns about Octopus Deploy.At the helm with Jessica Ross
A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they’re working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Jessica Ross, Director of User Experience and Design.Common mistakes in DevOps metrics
Learn what to avoid as you create and evolve your DevOps measurement system.Calculating DORA metrics with Runbooks
Learn how to measure the performance of your deployments using the DORA metrics and a custom runbook.The 2023 DevOps performance clusters
Find out about the latest software delivery performance clusters in the State of DevOps Report.Inside DevOps with Matt Ash
A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Matt Ash, Staff DevOps Engineer at a leading HR software platform provider.Database deployment automation approaches
This post talks about how to get started with database deployment automation and describes the main approaches: state-based and migration scripts.
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Database backups and rollbacks
Recommendations on backing up and rolling back a database during a failed deployment.Metrics
DORA MetricsCSV download
Download your data as a CSVOctopus versioning scheme
Details of the versioning scheme used by Docker feedsSHA1 "Shattered" collision and Octopus Deploy
How the SHA1 "Shattered" Collision impacts Octopus DeployPCI compliance and Octopus Deploy
Using Octopus Deploy in PCI compliant environments.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.