Category: Octopus Deploy

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...

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...

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...

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...