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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.

Running task cap and High Availability

Very soon we'll be launching Octopus: High Availability (HA) edition. To prepare for High Availability, we're making a few changes which will make it easier to manage Octopus server workloads.

Featured Step Template: HTTP - Test URL

Test that a URL responds at the end of a deployment

Configuring WildFly via XML Templates or CLI Scripts

Configuring a WildFly server can be done either by editing the XML files directly, or by running CLI script. But which is the best choice?

Using the WildFly CLI

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

Kubernetes Pod Service Account authentication

Learn how to create a Kubernetes deployment target using the Pod Service Account authentication mode.

Octopus Deploy Release 4.0

Octopus Deploy 4.0 includes a great new UI refresh and a great user experience!

WildFly S3 Domain Discovery

Learn how to use S3 buckets as a domain discovery mechanism in AWS.

Creating a WildFly cluster

Learn how to use a shared database to create a WildFly cluster in AWS.

5 Remote Desktop Alternatives

Five alternative Remote Desktop tools

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.

Cleaning temporary ASP.NET files

Cleaning temporary ASP.NET files with Octopus Deploy

Previous deployments

In 2.5.4 we added the ability to more easily view previous deployments

Creating dynamic run conditions with new Octostache filters

Learn how to use new filters in Octostache with variable run conditions.

Getting started with LDAP auth provider

Learn how to configure your self-hosted Octopus Deploy instance to work with the new LDAP auth provider.

Introducing the Workato connector for Octopus Deploy

Learn how the new Workato connector lets you easily integrate other systems with Octopus Deploy.

RFC: Lifecycles

Lifecycles enable automation and rules around promotion

Introducing Google Cloud Platform integration for Octopus Deploy

Octopus Deploy now includes integration for Google Cloud Platform including built-in accounts, gcloud scripts, Terraform and Kubernetes.

Octopus 2021 Q3: Google Cloud support with centralized Kubernetes deployments and runbooks

Octopus 2021 Q3: Built-in support for Google Cloud Platform, Workato, LDAP, and new Octostache filters.

Deploy a PHP Site to IIS with Octopus

How to deploy php files to an IIS server with Octopus Deploy

Safe schema updates - Continuous Integration is misunderstood

Learn about the principles that define Continuous Integration, and why you should avoid adopting specific practices, without knowing how to use them effectively.

Request for feedback - Deploying to Google Cloud Platform with Octopus

Learn how Octopus supports your deployments to Google Cloud Platform and provide feedback on our GCP features.

Safe schema updates - Loose coupling mitigates tech problems

On loose coupling and domain-driven development, and how they mitigate technical problems that are commonly associated with monolithic architectures.
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Documentation

Update variable set variable value

An example script that loads variables from a variable set, looks for a match and replaces the variable value.

Automating Octopus installation

Information on how to install and configure an Octopus Server in a fully automated way from the command line.

LDAP Authentication

Octopus Deploy can use LDAP authentication to identify users.

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