Create instances

Use the create-instance command to register a new instance of the Octopus service.

Create instance options

Usage: octopus.server create-instance [<options>]

Where [<options>] is any of:

      --instance=VALUE       Name of the instance to create. If not supplied,
                               creates an instance called OctopusServer.
      --config=VALUE         Path to configuration file to create
      --home=VALUE           [Optional] Path to the home directory - defaults
                               to the same directory as the config file
      --serverNodeName=VALUE [Optional] Unique Server Node name for a
                               clustered environment - defaults to the machine
                               name

Or one of the common options:

      --help                 Show detailed help for this command

Basic example

This example creates a new Octopus Server instance on the machine named MyNewInstance and sets the home directory:

octopus.server create-instance --instance="MyNewInstance" --config="c:\MyNewInstance\MyNewInstance.config" --home="c:\MyNewInstance\Home"

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