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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.

Java CI/CD: Octopus, Jenkins, Java, Kubernetes, and the DevOps lifecycle

A blog series with practical examples on how Jenkins, Octopus, and Kubernetes fit into the DevOps lifecycle.

Java CI/CD: From release management to operations

In this post, we create example runbook to implement operations tasks.

Java CI/CD: From JAR to Docker

In this post, we learn how to convert a Java application to a Docker image.

Java CI/CD: From Continuous Integration to release management

In this post, we link up Jenkins and Octopus to form a CI/CD pipeline.

Java CI/CD: From Continuous Integration to Kubernetes deployments

In this post, we create a Kubernetes cluster in AWS.

Java CI/CD: From local build to Jenkins Continuous Integration

Learn how to build a Docker image with a central CI server.

October Community Roundup

A summary of blogs and community events for October 2015

Change Advisory Boards Don’t Work

Proper scrutiny is important, but CABs are an inefficient and ineffective way to scrutinize.

Interview: Deploying NuGet.org

Video interview about how the NuGet.org website is deployed via Octopus Deploy

My First Year Working at Octopus

Rob Pearson sharing what it's like to work at Octopus Deploy and a bit about the company culture.

Verifying backups with Runbooks

Learn how to automate the process of verifying your backups using a custom runbook.

Our most popular webinars in 2021

Join us as we list out our favorite webinars of 2021.

Inside DevOps with Dan Horrocks-Burgess from DDA Software

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Dan Horrocks-Burgess of DDA Software.

Webinar: Automating deployments with VSTS and Octopus Deploy

Announcing a webinar with Brian A. Randell and Damian Brady to show the Octopus Deploy extension for Visual Studio Team Services and Team Foundation Server

Deploying SQL Server Security with dbatools and Octopus Deploy

A discussion about the challenge of managing SQL Server users and roles, and a script that uses dbatools to version control and deploy them.

Negotiating with the gatekeepers

Building trust relationships between humans is rarely as simple as comparing thumbprints.

The DevOps reading list: Choosing your next DevOps book

Your guide to selecting your first/next DevOps book.

Deprecating authentication extensions

Find out why and when Octopus is deprecating support for custom authentication extensions.

At the helm with Jessica Ross

A series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they’re working on to improve the product, and more. Hear from Jessica Ross, Director of User Experience and Design.

Behind the scenes of the Octopus Extension for GitHub Copilot

Learn how we integrated Azure AI and Copilot when making the Octopus extension.

Inside DevOps with Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg

A series where we share lessons learned from those on the frontlines of DevOps. This post features Anton Zagrebelny from Stigg.

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.

SQL Server and PowerShell made easier with dbatools: Practical Examples

A comparison between the SqlServer and dbatools PowerShell modules
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Documentation

Coordinating multiple projects

This guide covers scenarios where it is necessary to co-ordinate deployment between multiple projects and take some action that depends on their combined status.

Deployment notes

Summarize the changes in a deployment

Worker pools

Worker pools are used to group workers and allow targeting steps at the pool of workers best equipped to execute the step. This page describes how to configure worker pools for a variety of scenarios.

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