Search

Blog posts

Outage on octopus.com - report and learnings

Public incident report and our learnings about the octopus.com DNS disruption from January 25 – 26, 2023.

Using Docker as a package manager

This post demonstrates how Docker is a convenient solution for downloading and running many CLI tools.

Bitbucket Pipelines: Pipes and integrating with Octopus Deploy

What are Bitbucket Pipes, and how can you integrate them into your Bitbucket Pipeline with Octopus Deploy?

End-to-end testing with Cypress

Learn how to run end-to-end tests with Cypress as part of an Octopus deployment.

Deploying to Payara

Learn how to deploy to a Payara web server with Octopus Deploy.

Using the WildFly CLI

Learn how to use the WildFly CLI to query and configure a WildFly application server.

Using the HTTPd Docker image

A detailed look at how to use the HTTPd web server with Docker.

Variable use in Octopus Deploy

Find out why it's so hard to see where variables are used.

Using AWS Secrets Manager with Octopus

Introducing a new step template to allow secrets stored in AWS Secrets Manager to be used in deployments or runbooks.

Using the NGINX Docker image

Learn how to create Docker web apps based on the NGINX image.

Lessons learned porting Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1

We ported Octopus Server to .NET Core 3.1 to unlock the ability to run on Linux, Docker Containers, and Kubernetes. This post shares lessons learned along the way.

Deploying a Ruby web application

Learn how to deploy a Ruby web application using Octopus Deploy.

How to deploy Azure Container Apps

Learn how to deploy Azure Container Apps with Octopus Deploy.

How to install Jenkins on Docker

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to install Jenkins via a Docker image.

Festive Tech Calendar - Octopus hackathon

Get involved with the Octopus Deploy hackathon and you could win one of three Octopus swag bundles.

Octopus Deploy Config as Code: early access preview

Octopus Deploy's Configuration as Code solution is now available as a preview release for all customers.

Octopus 2021 Q4: Deploy to ECS with our guided UI step

Octopus 2021 Q4: Built-in support for Amazon ECS, a new TypeScript API client, and more integrations.

How to install a Jenkins instance with Helm

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to install Jenkins via Helm.

Running end-to-end tests in Jenkins

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to run end-to-end tests in Jenkins and capture the results.

Running unit tests in Jenkins

As part of our series about Continuous Integration and build servers, learn how to run unit tests in Jenkins and capture the results.

Octopus Deploy 2.6 Release

Documentation

Artifacts

Artifacts in Octopus provide a convenient way to collect files from remote machines during deployments.

Execution containers for workers

How to set a step in your deployment/runbook process to run inside a container.

Run a script step

Standalone scripts allow you to run scripts contained in a package, or ad-hoc scripts you've saved as part of the step.

Octopus Server in Kubernetes

Octopus can be installed into a Kubernetes cluster running the Octopus Server Linux container, optionally leveraging High Availability (HA).

Octopus Server Container with systemd

Using systemd, you can have the Octopus Server Linux Container running in Docker each time the OS starts on your host machine.

Troubleshooting Octopus Server in a Container

Troubleshooting steps for running Octopus in a Container

Cloudsmith Multi-format repositories

Configuring a Cloudsmith repository as an Octopus feed for NuGet, Docker, Maven or Helm packages.

List deployments to environment

An example script to retrieve a list of deployments to an environment

Amazon ECS cluster

How to configure an Amazon ECS cluster target in Octopus Deploy

Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.