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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.Ask Octopus Episode 5 - An Interview with the CEO and creator of Octopus Deploy Paul Stovell in Brisbane. We discuss the origins of Octopus and what we will be doing in the coming year.
Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.Webinar - CI/CD Pipelines - Real-World, Expert Optimization Tips & Tricks
Practical advice for optimizing your CI/CD pipelineWebinar - DevOps Deep Dive
All your DevOps questions answeredWorking 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.Insight Partners invests $172.5M in Octopus Deploy
Insight Partners is one of the largest and most successful venture funds in the world, and they’ve invested USD $172.5m in Octopus Deploy. Find out more.Support @ Octopus
We consider support a core part of Octopus, but what exactly happens when you need help?Announcing Ask Octopus Video Series
Once a week a few of us will gather to talk about some of the most interesting questions we have gotten over the past week and how we went about solving them.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.Octopus Deploy acquires Codefresh
Paul explains why he's so excited about Codefresh joining Octopus, what we love about the Codefresh team, and why we think this is excellent news for our customers, Codefresh customers, and the Argo open-source community.Octopus Deploy 2017 Roadmap
This post outlines our roadmap for 2017, and all of the improvements we're planning to make to Octopus over the next year.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.Safe schema updates - Resilient vs robust IT systems
Learn about the nature of failure in complex IT systems, and the benefits and drawbacks of designing for resilience vs robustness.The DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book
Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.The state of config file formats: XML vs. YAML vs. JSON vs. HCL
Learn about the different configuration file formats that are available and when you should use them.Java deployments to Tomcat with YAML and XML configuration file replacements
Learn how to take advantage of the XML, YAML, and Properties configuration file replacement when deploying Java applications.Introduction to HCL and HCL tooling
Learn about the different tooling you can use with HCL.Deploying to Oracle with Octopus Deploy and Liquibase
Learn how to deploy to Oracle using Octopus Deploy and Liquibase.Runbook lessons learned and recommendations
Recommendations from lessons learned on how to design and implement runbooksRFC: Azure Service Fabric support
This post aims to discuss integrated support for deployments to Azure Service Fabric from Octopus DeployIntegrating Octopus and Grafana
Learn how to use the Octopus Grafana datasource plugin to visualize your deploymentsDeconstructing blue/green deployments in Kubernetes
Learn how to manually implement blue/green deployments in Kubernetes and Octopus.Exposing Octopus variables to a Kubernetes container
Learn how to use the envFrom feature in Kubernetes to pass groups of variables to a container.Creating multi-environment Kubernetes deployments
Learn how to securely deploy across multiple environments in a single Kubernetes clusterOctopus 2020.5: Solid improvements and Config as Code update
Octopus 2020.5 introduces support for self-signed certificates, GitHub container registry support, Kubernetes and Terraform improvements and more.
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Environment recommendations
Environments form the backbone of your deployment pipeline. Here we provide some recommendations for configuring your environments to better prepare you to scale your Octopus Deploy instance up and out as you add more projects.Administration
Octopus administration tasks and command reference.Project recommendations
Projects form a critical element in Octopus Deploy. Here, we cover some recommendations for projects; getting started on the right foot is vital in helping your Octopus Deploy instance scale.High Availability
Octopus High Availability (HA) enables you to run multiple Octopus Server nodes, distributing load and tasks between them.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.