Category: Octopus Deploy

December 30, 2017

Octopus 4.0 Review

Octopus 4.0 (v4.0.4) was officially released as non-release candidate on Tuesday, November 21st 2017. Since then, Octopus has already pushed forward to v4.1 since and are at v4.1.5 as of last week on Wednesday, December 20th. I’ve been using Octopus Deploy since the early version 2.1 days so to have 4.0 (or rather 4.1) now released to the masses, I’m...

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November 27, 2017

RFC Remote Release Promotions

Disclaimer: this is an old post I meant to publish back in late May 2017. Octopus is on a roll of sorts, trying to come up with new features to meet customers desires from UserVoice. The latest RFC for Remote Release Promotions is one of those features that you either need or don’t. I see no middle-ground with this feature,...

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November 22, 2017

Finding PowerShell Script Modules within the Octopus API

I use the Octopus API on a regular basis so I’m fairly familiar with the layout. We have an upcoming project that will inject a deployment step in a process (at the very end) and call a custom script module within Octopus to check and validate security settings within web servers as part of the deployment process. Since we have...

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May 18, 2017

RFC Octopus Data Center Manager

I’ve been using Octopus Deploy since early 2014. Around version 2.2 or 2.3 is when I started investigating Octopus and then implementing it in an enterprise scale environment. It’s been over a three year long journey for myself. A ton of changes have been made to Octopus during that time and it’s not without a sense of appreciation and respect that...

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October 26, 2015

The Zen of Deployment Automation Retrospective

Every now and then, I’m asked by one of our Octopus users: “Sometimes we need to change one or two files. Can I just deploy one or two files?” It’s at this point, I place my elbows on my desk and put my head in my hands. And I thought I was bad at letting go. Let me backtrack a little....

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September 24, 2015

Octo.exe export/import caveat: octo.exe versions matter

After doing numerous migrations using the octo.exe version 2.6.1.52, I decided to upgrade and move to version 2.6.3.59. As always, exporting is a breeze. But the import itself seems to be inconsistent – or at least, that’s what I’ve experienced. And there’s probably a good reason for it: octo.exe versions. When I’m referring to versions for the octo.exe, there are two...

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August 13, 2015

Setting up continuous deployments with Octopus Deploy and TFS

One reader asked in my Octo.exe deep dive if I had published how to setup continuous deployments. I had mentioned it in the deep dive and while I’d rather do a comprehensive piece to see how many different ways we could set up a continuous deployment, a simple post on how to setup continuous deployments in TFS is just as effective for the...

Categories ALM/Continuous Deployment/NuGet/Octopus Deploy/TFS/Tip Comments: 8

July 26, 2015

Octopus 3 now available!

Monday, July 20th 2015 was a big day for the .NET ecosystem. Microsoft officially released Visual Studio 2015 and Release Management 2015. Coincidentally, Octopus Deploy 3.0 was released as well. While I’m habitually (or obsessively) focused on Octopus Deploy, I use Visual Studio and have a mild interest in what Release Management 2015 has to offer. With the simultaneous releases of Octopus Deploy and...

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July 17, 2015

LifeCycles: Guard rails for your deployments

In Octopus Deploy 2.6, a new feature was introduced: LifeCycles. You may be on a previous version of Octopus Deploy (2.5 or below) or you may have simply dismissed LifeCycles, but this deep dive is to encourage you to use them. They take a little bit of time to understand, but once you do they keep you disciplined and have substantial...

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July 14, 2015

From the frontline: Upgrading the Octopus Deploy Server

Note: I’ve had this post ready for months but completely forgot about it. It’s about four months out of date, but still interesting so I’ve decided to post it anyway. We’ve been planning on upgrading for months (since late 2014), but with a jam packed schedule it was difficult to fit in. On top of that, we weren’t sure which...

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