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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 PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) like an App with Octopus Deploy
Use Octopus Deploy custom step templates and configuration data files (DSC configuration) to deploy your Infrastructure as Code using PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC).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.Importing variables from SSISDB
Use PowerShell and the Octopus Deploy API to automate importing variables from SSISBThoughts from my User Experience Journey
Thoughts and takeaways from my recent journey with the Onboarding team, diving further into user-experience.October Community Roundup
A summary of blogs and community events for October 2015Introducing Octopus ID
Introducing our plans for single sign-on and new account features, using Octopus ID.Introducing Linux Tentacle for Highly Secured Linux Servers
Octopus Deploy now supports Tentacles on LinuxAsk Octopus Episode 31-33 - Incremental changes, using Octopus.Client with different Spaces and Auto Scaling groups with Octopus Deploy
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten and how we went about solving them.Ask Octopus Episode 34-36 - Server 2008 EOL, Project Templates for specific scenarios & binding Variables to multiple roles
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have received and how we went about solving them.Worker friendly custom step templates
How to make worker friendly custom step templates.Ask Octopus Episodes 37-39 - Diagnostic logging, restarting a failed upgrade & deployment channels with child projects.
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have received and how we went about solving them.Verify AppSettings or Variable Replacement
How to programmatically verify that your AppSettings have a matching Octopus Deploy variable defined and/or verify all variable replacement in files succeeded.Configuring Octopus Deploy for IPv6
Setting up your Octopus Deploy service to communicate over IPv6 is as simple as doing nothing! Dual mode connectivity has now been enabled to allow Tentacle communications over both IPv4 and IPv6 as default.Ask Octopus Episodes 40-42 - Data Migration, installing the Linux Tentacle & connecting on-premise servers to Octopus Cloud.
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have received and how we went about solving them.Ask Octopus Episodes 43-45 - LTS 2019.6, restarting VMs during deployments & Automatic Release Creation.
A couple of times a week we meet up and talk about some of the most interesting questions we have received and how we went about solving them.Continuous Integration vs Continuous Deployment
CI/CD is frequently referred to by a single acronym as if it was a single process. This post looks at the fundamental differences between CI and CD.Verify app settings with JSON
How to programmatically verify that your App Settings have a matching Octopus Deploy variable defined and/or verify environment configs have the same JSON structure.Automating SQL Server Developer installation
Learn how to automate SQL Server Developer installation using PowerShell and SQL Server's built-in tooling.RFC: Azure Resource Manager support
Request for comments on support for Azure Resource ManagerAdding versions to your GitHub Actions
GitHub Actions are a powerful new feature for GitHub users, but they lack native versioning capabilities. In this blog post, we’ll see how to implement versioning.
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Create packages
Create packages for deployment with Octopus Deploy.Create packages with OctoPack
Using OctoPack is the easiest way to package .NET applications for use in your deployments.Include BuildEvent files
Using OctoPack when you have a PostBuild event in Visual Studio and want to include files that are not specifically part of your build.Troubleshooting OctoPack
Troubleshooting NuGet packages and OctopackVersioning schemes
Considerations for selecting a versioning scheme for the applications you'll deploy.Machine policies
Machine Policies allow you to customize the behavior of Tentacle and SSH endpoints like health check settings, machine connectivity, updates and more.Proxy support
Octopus supports proxy servers to ensure Octopus Server and Tentacle can operate correctly.NuGet feeds
Configuring NuGet repositories as Octopus FeedsTroubleshooting failed or hanging tasks
A guide for troubleshooting tasks that fail unexpectedly or are unresponsiveCan't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.