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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.Building versus buying software
Probing the pros and cons of building software yourself compared to buying a product.Octopus Starter edition: Free for small teams
Octopus Deploy: Starter is a new edition of Octopus Deploy. It allows small teams to run a self-hosted Octopus Server and deploy up to 10 targets, all for free.Let's talk Licensing
Octopus deploy licenses, renewals and upgradesOctopus Cloud FAQs
Octopus Cloud: all your questions answered!Flexible Working - Jason's Story
Flexible work can be life changingDeploying a Multi-Tenant Web App to Multiple Customers - Will it Deploy? Episode 5
We try to automate the deployment of a multi-tenant SaaS web app to different customers running on Amazon Web Services (AWS) virtual machines.What is cloud orchestration?
The post discusses cloud orchestration and cloud automation, as a service models, cloud orchestration tooling, and where Octopus fits in as a cloud-agnostic deployment tool.Defining variables in a multi-tenant world
Exploring how to define variables in a multi-tenant world.Licensing and support/maintenance changes
Licensing and support/maintenance changes for Octopus 2.0Octopus UI navigation uplift
Find out about the changes we're making to the navigation experience in Octopus Deploy.Octopus 2021 Q2: Migrate to the cloud with Octopus Deploy
Octopus 2021 Q2: Export/Import Projects EAP, Azure Zip Deploy, GitHub Actions, Terraform integration and Octopus Cloud improvements.Tentacle versioning and when to update
Every time a new Octopus Server instance is released we also bump the Tentacle version. Here's why and what to do about it.An introduction to build servers and Continuous Integration
This post opens our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, with an overview on the benefits of build servers, particularly Jenkins and GitHub Actions.How GitHub Actions is different to traditional build servers
We explore how GitHub Actions, providing Continuous Integration as a Service, is different to traditional build servers.Wizards, dialogs and context menus, or build servers and scripts?
Reflecting on the benefits of continuous integration tools, I'm wondering whether our focus on great CI support has meant Octopus is too hard to simply get started with. How can we improve the getting started story?Using a Nexus Docker registry with Octopus Deploy
Learn how to connect a Nexus Docker registry as an external feed to Octopus DeployThe why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment
Why and how your should automate your database deploymentsHow SaaS tenanted deployments would look without automation
We explore how difficult SaaS tenanted deployments would be if we didn't have automation.Octopus Deploy 3.6: Project Trigger enhancements
Octopus Deploy 3.6: Project Trigger enhancementsPractical routes to healthy culture
The right culture can boost organizational outcomes but it's hard to get started without practical techniques.Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work
Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.How to design an automated database deployment process
This article walks you through designing your ideal automated database deployment process.Can GitHub Actions replace your CI server?
With the beta release of GitHub Actions now available, is it time to retire your in house CI server?Runbooks best practices
This post provides a step by step template you can use to generate high quality runbooks in Octopus.
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Managing Octopus subscriptions
Control Center is where you manage your Octopus subscriptions and their associated user access.Octopus Cloud Uptime SLO
The uptime SLO for Octopus Cloud instancesInfrastructure
The infrastructure tab in the Octopus Web Portal is where you manage your environments, deployment targets, and other infrastructure.Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS
Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTSCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.