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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.

Best practices for CI/CD

8 best practices for CI/CD, using agile, committing code frequently, using Config as Code, keeping builds green, automating your tests, using a feedback loop, and using fit for purpose technologies.

Octopus Deploy acquires Dist

Octopus Deploy has acquired Dist, a cloud-based container registry and artifact repository.

What is cloud orchestration?

The post discusses cloud orchestration and cloud automation, as a service models, cloud orchestration tooling, and where Octopus fits in as a cloud-agnostic deployment tool.

A beginner's guide to containers

A brief overview at containers covering what they are and why they're useful.

Webinar - CI/CD Pipelines - Real-World, Expert Optimization Tips & Tricks

Practical advice for optimizing your CI/CD pipeline

Supporting Octopus Deploy customers

Over the last few years we've doubled down on providing the best support possible for our customers.

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.

Octopus goes to conferences!

Octopus started attending conferences this year and we talk about what we learned through the experience.

Config as Code: What is it and how is it beneficial?

Learn about the benefits of Config as Code and some of the considerations when implementing Config as Code.

Kubernetes RFC

We are designing Kubernetes support for Octopus, and we would love your input.

Deploying a Node.js application with Octopus Deploy

Learn how to use Octopus Deploy to deploy an application written in NodeJS with a MongoDB back-end.

Better release notes with templates and automatic generation

A look at release notes templates and automatic release notes generation in Octopus.

How we work - 2016 edition

An update on how we work as a team to build and support Octopus.

Write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

How to write your own PowerShell Desired State Configuration (DSC) module

Octopus Deploy 3.4 EAP

Octopus Deploy 3.4 is a big release, get involved in steering the direction of key features! Multi-tenant deployments. Elastic environments and transient machine support - machine policies.

Introducing Operations Runbooks for your operations team

Introducing runbooks for your operations team. It’s now possible to run operations and maintenance tasks like file clean-ups, backup and restore jobs, as well as disaster recovery failovers.

Should your CI/CD process be implemented in a single Pipeline as Code file?

As more teams move to Pipeline as Code, there are some important questions to ask when deciding to merge a CI/CD process into a single PaC file.

Docker Engine in Octopus Deploy

Simple Docker Engine commands are now available in Octopus Deploy for testing and feedback

An introduction to DevOps

To open our series about runbooks, we take a surface-level look at the concepts, tools, and roles of DevOps, plus how Octopus fits in.

At the helm with Trish Khoo

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 Trish Khoo, our Director of Engineering

Octopus Deploy vs. Puppet/Chef

What's the difference between Octopus and Puppet/Chef?

Kubernetes deployments made easy - Octopus Deploy 2018.9

Kubernetes deployments made easy! Octopus 2018.9 includes our first-class support for Kubernetes Deployments including infrastructure support for Kubenetes Clusters and rich deployment steps to simplify your deployment process.
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Documentation

GitHub Organizations

Octopus Deploy houses its source code on GitHub in three organizations.

API examples

A set of examples using the Octopus REST API to accomplish tasks.

PCI compliance and Octopus Deploy

Using Octopus Deploy in PCI compliant environments.

Multi-region deployment pattern

Implementing multi-region deployments, i.e. deploying to multiple geographic regions, with Octopus.

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