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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.

The why and more importantly the how of automated database deployment

Why and how your should automate your database deployments

Introducing Linux Tentacle for Highly Secured Linux Servers

Octopus Deploy now supports Tentacles on Linux

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

Announcing Octopus Deploy 3.0 pre-release

RFC: Composite Step Templates

Combine multiple step templates together into a single importable block

At the helm with Michael Richardson

This post opens a series where we chat to people at Octopus about their role, what they're working on improve the product, and more. First is Michael Richardson, our original product management leader.

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 2018 Roadmap

This post outlines our roadmap for 2018, and all of the improvements we're planning to make to Octopus over the next year.

Azure changes in 3.1

We recently made big changes to deployment targets and Azure cloud services in Octopus 3.0, and it turns out we got our design wrong. In 3.1, we'll be reverting to the 2.6-era way of deploying cloud services. This change will also affect the way we deploy Azure web apps.

MVPs and $100k AWS Bills: Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud 1.0

Reflections on the launch of Octopus Cloud, the SaaS version of Octopus, and how it shaped our plans for Octopus Cloud 2.0.

Bootstrap a .NET Core development environment for Linux

This post covers how to bootstrap a Linux-based development environment for day to day .NET Core development.

Featured Step Template: HTTP - Test URL

Test that a URL responds at the end of a deployment

DevOps uses a capability model, not a maturity model

As DevOps adoption increases, it becomes more likely the certification industrial complex will try to apply the wrong model.

Octopus 3.0 pre-release is here

Octopus 3.0: Released!

Today we announce the release of Octopus 3.0

Introducing dark mode

Octopus 2020.1 introduces a dark theme to Octopus Deploy.

Feature prioritization: do votes trump all?

What factors need to be considered when deciding which features to implement first?

Octopus Starter edition: Free for small teams

Octopus Deploy: Starter is a new edition of Octopus Deploy. It allows small teams to run a self-hosted Octopus Server and deploy up to 10 targets, all for free.

A beginner's guide to containers

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

Documentation

Common patterns

Common patterns in database deployments

Nexus Container Registry

How to add a Nexus Docker Registry as an Octopus feed

Expose the Octopus Web Portal over HTTPS

How to expose the Octopus Web Portal securely over HTTPS.

Troubleshooting

Solutions to common problems with Octopus High Availability (HA).

Nexus Hosted Maven repository

Configuring a Nexus Hosted Maven repository as an Octopus feed.

Nexus Hosted NuGet repository

Configuring a Nexus Hosted NuGet repository as an Octopus feed.

Clustered Listening Tentacles

Configuring the Octopus Tentacle in an active/passive cluster.

Use IIS as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

How to set up IIS 7 (or later) as a Reverse Proxy for Octopus Deploy

Packaging a Service Fabric application

Learn how to package a Service Fabric application so it can be deployed from Octopus.

SSH key pair account

SSH key pair accounts allow you to securely authenticate with SSH targets.

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