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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.

Using the NGINX Docker image

Learn how to create Docker web apps based on the NGINX image.

Using the HTTPd Docker image

A detailed look at how to use the HTTPd web server with Docker.

Maven versions explained

There is more than meets the eye when it comes to Maven versions. Learn how Maven treats different version strings.

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.

Deploying to Google Cloud Run

Learn how to deploy a container to the Google Cloud Run service.

At the helm with Harsh Sabikhi

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 Harsh Sabikhi, Senior Vice President, Revenue.

Deploy your first container to Kubernetes via Octopus

Learn how to perform your first container deployment

A look at the new NGINX VirtualServer and VirtualServerRoute resources

See the features of the new custom resource definitions introduced with the NGINX v1.5 ingress controller.

SHA1 "Shattered" Collision

How recent SHA1 collision attack discoveries impact Octopus, and PowerShell scripts to detect if you use SHA1 certificates

Automated database deployment process: case study

This article walks through the steps I used to help design an automated database deployment process.

Database Feature Branch Deployments

Standing up a sandbox for feature branches is a common scenario. This article aims to solve that for databases.

Creating test Kubernetes clusters with Kind

Learn how to integrate a test cluster created with Kind with Octopus

Beyond Hello World: Containerize a real-world web application

This post demonstrates how to containerize a real-world .NET Core web application with web services and databases.

Introducing the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Octopus 2020.3 introduces the Octopus Server Linux Docker image

Deconstructing blue/green deployments in Kubernetes

Learn how to manually implement blue/green deployments in Kubernetes and Octopus.

Licensing and support/maintenance changes

Licensing and support/maintenance changes for Octopus 2.0

Importing Kubernetes YAML in Octopus

Learn how to import existing Kubernetes YAML into Octopus steps

Kubernetes testing with KIND

KIND offers a new solution for spinning up Kubernetes clusters for testing and development
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Documentation

Polling Tentacles over WebSockets

Octopus Polling Tentacles open a connection to the Octopus Server over WebSockets to ask what to do.

Install NGINX

With Octopus Deploy you can install NGINX with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Installing Apache

With Octopus Deploy you can install Apache with a runbook as part of a routine operations task.

Configuring Netscaler

Script to configure a Netscaler load balancer for use with an Octopus High Availability instance.

Use NGINX as a reverse proxy for Octopus Deploy

How to set up NGINX as a Reverse Proxy for Octopus Deploy

Create Network Load Balancer

With runbooks, you can automate the creation of a Network Load Balancer to distribute traffic among virtual machine instances in GCP.

Hardening an Ubuntu server

With Octopus Deploy you can harden an Ubuntu server as part of a routine operations task.

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