Tip – Ian Paullin

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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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...

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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 It’s about four months out of date, but still interesting so I’ve decided to post it anyway.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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July 10, 2015

Octo.exe – exporting/importing project pitfalls

Over a year ago, I mentioned that the Octo.exe supports the ability to export a project from one server to another server. This feature last year needed a lot of work and was a bit difficult to understand, but at the time I didn’t have a pressing need for it. After working with it extensively over the past couple of weeks, I’m...

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February 12, 2015

From the frontline: Octopus Server performance tuning

We’ve been running Octopus Deploy since 2.0 back in January 2014 as part of our head-to-head battle royale with Release Management 2013. We decided on Octopus in February and our pilot testing started in late March early April with a handful of teams and users. Our shiny server (*ahem* virtual machine) with Octopus Deploy was chugging along and we all had an oh so wonderful user...

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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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September 26, 2014

Including solution level files in your NuGet package

Rarely, if ever, does the OctoPack or for that matter NuGet.exe, miss a file or files that teams are looking to have in the NuGet package. Earlier this week I was helping a team with their NuGet package and they wanted to include files that were inside a folder at the solution level, not within a project folder. Normally, it’s not a difficult solution to solve....

NuGet/TFS/Tip Comments: 0

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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May 4, 2014

Can you deploy specifically to Windows XP machines in Octopus Deploy?

I was asked at the CNUG meetup last month on Octopus Deploy on how to target Windows XP machines. At first, I didn’t have a good answer. I thought at the time the best way was to group all the Windows XP machines in an environment. After that presentation, it bugged me a little afterwards that I didn’t mention Roles. First off, I’m not...

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Category: Tip

Finding PowerShell Script Modules within the Octopus API

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

Setting up continuous deployments with Octopus Deploy and TFS

From the frontline: Upgrading the Octopus Deploy Server

Octo.exe – exporting/importing project pitfalls

From the frontline: Octopus Server performance tuning

OctoPack error: Could not find a part of the path

Including solution level files in your NuGet package

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

Can you deploy specifically to Windows XP machines in Octopus Deploy?