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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.What does Microsoft deprecating Azure Service Management APIs mean for Octopus Users?
As Azure begin to deprecate their Azure Service Management APIs, this has knock-on effects for Octopus Users. Although Cloud Service deployments will keep working, Azure Certificate Management Accounts will no longer provide such a rich UX experience.Webinar - CI/CD Pipelines - Real-World, Expert Optimization Tips & Tricks
Practical advice for optimizing your CI/CD pipelineWebinar - The Right Way to Integrate Octopus Deploy with Azure Pipelines
Learn how to create your own end-to-end model for implementing an automated DevOps pipeline.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.PowerShell and IIS: 20 practical examples
Real-world examples tested on Windows 2008 R2 through to 2016. Creating sites, configuring application pools, and examples in both the old WebAdministration module and the newer IISAdministration module.
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Troubleshooting
Solutions to common problems when upgrading to Octopus 2018.10 LTS from Octopus 2.6.Upgrade with a new server instance
Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.6.5 to a new Octopus instance.Upgrading from Octopus 2.x to 2.6.5
Information on how to upgrade from Octopus 2.x to 2.6.5.Data
Managing data in Octopus DeployBackup and restore
Information on where Octopus data is stored and how to backup and restore an Octopus instance.Data Migration
Octopus comes with a data migrator which can help in certain scenarios like moving projects from one Octopus Server to another, and exporting your configuration for auditing in a source control repository.Octopus database
Octopus uses a Microsoft SQL Server Database to store environments, projects, variables, releases, and deployment history.Changing the collation of the Octopus database
Information on changing the collation of the Octopus SQL Server Database.Managing infrastructure
Managing your Octopus infrastructureDiagnostics
Octopus diagnostics includes a system integrity check to ensure the system's database schema and data are correct.Recovering after losing your Octopus Server and Master Key
A guide to recovering if the machine hosting Octopus Server dies irrecoverably, and you don't have the Master Key.Maintenance Mode
You can put Octopus Server into maintenance mode so you can safely perform server maintenance or other administrative activities.Managing multiple instances
Octopus and Tentacle Manager both have the ability to manage multiple instances.Automating infrastructure with DSC
OctopusDSC is an Open-Source PowerShell module designed to assist with the automation of Octopus infrastructurePerformance
Octopus is all about reliable and repeatable deployments, but that doesn't mean it has to be slow. This page will help you tune your Octopus installation for the best performance in your scenario.Script Console
The Script Console allows Octopus administrators to execute scripts and perform administrative tasks on workers and deployment targets as groups or individuals.Service watchdog
The Octopus Server and Tentacle watchdog command can be used to configure a Windows Scheduled Task that ensures the services are running.Applying Operating System upgrades
This is the procedure you should follow when applying patches to the Operating System where Octopus Server is hosted.Moving your Octopus components to other servers
Moving Octopus components reference.Moving the Octopus Server database
Walk-through outlining how you can move an Octopus database from one server to another.Moving the Octopus Server and database
Walk-through outlining how you can move an Octopus database from one server to another.Moving the Octopus home directory
Information on how to move any of the Octopus Server folders.Move the Octopus home folder and the Tentacle home and application folders
How to move the Octopus home folder and the Tentacle home and application folders.Moving the Octopus Server
Walk-through outlining how you can move an Octopus instance from one server to another.Can't find what you are looking for? You can also search our support forum.