Tag: Deep Dive Series

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...

To truly harness and appreciate the power and elegance of Octopus Deploy, you need to use variables. Variables are not a foreign concept to programmers, but within Octopus there are a few different types of variables available which may cause a little confusion. We’ll cover all these different types of variables in this deep dive, how to wield variables to your advantage and best...

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...

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...