Octopus Deploy – Page 3

December 1, 2014

Initial thoughts on Octopus Deploy 3.0 – from RavenDB back to SQL Server

This is pretty big news for any Octopus Deploy users. Paul Stovell has hinted a return back to SQL Server over the past few months in blog posts and uservoice forum comments, but from the public view, it’s all speculation and rumor until otherwise official. This weekend, Octopus made it official – version 3.0, they’re moving from RavenDB back to SQL...

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October 28, 2014

OctoPack error: Could not find a part of the path

If you’re managing numerous Octopus projects across an enterprise, you’re bound to run into an error you’ve never seen before. Most frequently for us, that comes with the build process. Users often confuse (by no fault of their own) the source of the error being the OctoPack but in my experience, the OctoPack in and of itself has very few if any...

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October 9, 2014

Users, Teams, User Roles and Permissions

In this post of our Octopus Deep Dive Series, we’re covering users, teams and user roles. I’ve learned that out of all the topics within Octopus Deploy, user management and permissions can be daunting depending on how customized you want your configuration. It took me some time to figure out how best to leverage security for a large number of teams using one customized security model. With...

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September 18, 2014

Automating Deployments with Octopus Deploy Presentation from Seattle Code Camp 2014

Here’s my (slightly) edited presentation from Seattle Code Camp. I had missed a sentence or two so nothing significant was added or modified. [gview file=”/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Automating-Deployments-with-Octopus-Deploy-Seattle-Code-Camp-2014-20140913.pptx”]

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September 10, 2014

Leveraging Server Roles

This is the first article of my Octopus Deploy Deep Dive Series. I’m looking to dive into specifics within Octopus Deploy. There’s lots to cover and today were going to dive into Machine Roles or just plain old Roles. Octopus has roles for team permissions so to avoid confusion for this article, the context of roles is in reference to Server...

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July 24, 2014

Does Octopus version your deployment process?

I was asked an interesting question at the Chicago ALM User’s Group tonight. I can’t recall the exact question, but the essence of it was, “does Octopus version your deployment process?” I meant to answer the question but I got side-tracked with another question. So here’s my post to amend that unanswered question. Short answer? Yes. Long answer? Yeah, sorta....

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July 23, 2014

Encore presentation on Octopus Deploy for Chicago ALM Users Group

I had another Octopus Deploy presentation today in Chicago for the Chicago ALM Users Group. Big thanks to Angela Dugan (@OakParkGirl) for letting me ramble on for Octopus for well over the time alloted. Had some good questions from audience members and interaction as well. I tried changing some things around in the presentation and adding more content but alas it...

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July 18, 2014

OctoPack error: Cannot add part for the specified URI because it is already in the package

Recently, I had an issue with a project team’s TFS build and the OctoPack. Within the TFS log, I found this error: OctoPack error OCTONUGET: Cannot add part for the specified URI because it is already in the package. After some google-fu, I found a helpful post on StackOverflow. Short answer: you have to remove any duplicate references or duplicate content includes. This...

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July 7, 2014

Presentation on Octopus Deploy at Chicago ALM User’s Group (again) on July 23rd

I’ll be presenting Octopus Deploy again, this time in the AON building in downtown Chicago. For more information, check out Angela Dugan’s post here: http://www.tfswhisperer.com/post/2014/06/29/Join-The-Chicago-ALM-User-Group-on-Wednesday-July-23-to-Talk-About-Octopus-Deploy

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June 3, 2014

Octopus Deployment Basics

For the past few months, I’ve been analyzing Octopus Deploy in terms of it’s components, architectural design and benefits of said design decisions. In this article, we’re going to bring everything together to see the sum of all the parts. Everything starts with NuGet. Octopus works with your applications as NuGet packages and distributes them to the appropriate server. PowerShell is...

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