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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.

Deploying a Node.js application with Octopus Deploy

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy an application written in NodeJS with a MongoDB back-end.

RFC: Monitoring and Service Management

What if Octopus could monitor the Windows Services and IIS websites that you deploy?

10 pillars of pragmatic Kubernetes deployments

The 10 pillars of pragmatic Kubernetes deployments is a comprehensive guide to building a repeatable deployment pipeline from Octopus to Kubernetes. Download the ebook.

Working at Octopus - a story of silicon and steel

A history of the computers I have enjoyed as a result of the Octopus Deploy computer policy.

New Home for Octopus Documentation

After our documentation hosting provider went under, we decided to change where we host our docs.

Introducing Execution Timeouts

Learn about our new Execution Timeouts feature to handle unexpectedly long-running processes.

Checking Kubernetes pod CPU and memory

Learn how to check a pod's resource usage in Kubernetes.

The 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps Report

Find out about the release of the 2022 Accelerate State of DevOps report.

Cloud-native database deployment authentication

Our most popular database deployment templates have been updated with cloud-native authentication.

Inside DevOps with Jason Dunnivant from Olo

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. Our first post features Jason Dunnivant, Release Engineer at Olo.

Create a private AWS VPC with CloudFormation

Learn how to create a private AWS VPC with this sample CloudFormation template.

Why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment

Find out why you should track vulnerabilities after deployment, plus the ways how.

How SaaS tenanted deployments would look without automation

We explore how difficult SaaS tenanted deployments would be if we didn't have automation.

Practical routes to healthy culture

The right culture can boost organizational outcomes but it's hard to get started without practical techniques.

RFC: Remote delta compression in Octopus

We're thinking of implementing remote delta compression in Octopus to reduce the bandwidth used during deployments

Continuous Delivery of Octopus

How we're delivering higher quality releases of Octopus Deploy in less time.

Integration 101: Octopus and Build Servers

A brief introduction on how to approach your brand new integration between Octopus and your Build Server

External feed triggers

We're introducing external feed triggers for Kubernetes. This monitors Helm chart repositories and container image registries referenced in your deployment steps. When it detects a new version, Octopus automatically creates a release.

Feature prioritization: do votes trump all?

What factors need to be considered when deciding which features to implement first?

Deploying to Google Cloud Functions

Learn how to deploy functions to the Google Cloud Platform.

Difference between docker.io, docker-cd, and Docker Desktop

Learn which version of Docker to install for your operating system.

Octopus Deploy 2019.8 - Streamlined deployment process editor, Tenant cloning, and more ...

Octopus 2019.8 introduces our streamlined deployment process editor, tenant cloning, and numerous other enhancements and improvements.

Automating SQL Server Developer installation

Learn how to automate SQL Server Developer installation using PowerShell and SQL Server's built-in tooling.

An introduction to DevOps

To open our series about runbooks, we take a surface-level look at the concepts, tools, and roles of DevOps, plus how Octopus fits in.

Safe schema updates - Loose coupling mitigates human problems

On loose coupling and domain-driven development, and how they mitigate human problems that are commonly associated with monolithic architectures.

How global tenanted deployments would look without automation

We explore how difficult global tenanted deployments would be if we didn't have automation.

Documentation

Scheduled runbook triggers

Scheduled runbook triggers allow you to define unattended behavior for your runbook that will cause an automatic runbook run to environments of your choosing.

Scheduled deployment triggers

Automatic deployment triggers allow you to define unattended behavior for your project that will cause an automatic deployment of a release into an environment.

Worker Pool variables

Create a worker pool variable and use it in deployment steps

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