Questions tagged [octopus-deploy]

Octopus Deploy is an automated deployment system designed for .NET developers. It also supports other languages/platforms and non-Windows deployment.

Octopus Deploy is an automated deployment system for ASP.NET applications and Windows Services.

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Octopus Deploy vs VSTS Release Tooling

Edited to hopefully better fit community guild lines for questions. I am setting up a CI/CD pipeline for the first time and I would eventually like to setup automated deployments to QA and Production environments. I currently have my source code in…
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TeamCity best practice setup for multiple branches

I'm looking for advice on the best approach to setup TeamCity/Octopus. Currently I have multiple branches in TFS2015 - dev, main and release (currently we create a release branch for each release). Our procedure is to develop in dev and deploy to…
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Is there a way to package an ASP.NET Core app, using NuGet or otherwise?

I'm building a ASP.NET Core app which I can publish using dotnet publish. So far, so good. I'm interested in packaging that app so I can publish it on a NuGet server. dotnet pack, however, doesn't seem to contain enough information to recreate the…
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How to get Octopack to use custom .nuspec file?

The documentation seems to be really incomplete. All it says is that you can use your own .nuspec file, but it makes no mention of where you're supposed to put it, or how to get octopack to use…
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VSTS + Octopus Deploy? Why do I see a lot of CI/CD setups with both?

I'm a developer whose transitioning into Devops. By observation, I've noticed that a lot of dev shops have started using Octopus Deploy and Azure Devops Services (AzDo, formerly VSTS), or they are starting new projects to setup devops ci/cd…
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scheduled tasks don't show up in Get-ScheduledTask result

I have defined some scheduled task using Windows Task Scheduler GUI under "" [default] path but when i run Get-ScheduledTask in powershell, it does not return them. why? I have tried with Get-ScheduledTask -TaskName "MyTaskName" with one of my task…
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How to execute PowerShell script when a build is stopped in build explorer

I have got a requirement wherein I need to execute a PowerShell script when someone stops a running build in TFS -> Build explorer. Is there any event or method that I can hook my code into to achieve that? For far I only know Pre & Post-build…
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Deploying to Octopus from Teamcity with .Net Core not creating .zip

I am doing the following steps: dotnet restore dotnet publish octopusDeploy: Push packages The second step creates a 'published-app' folder and the third step is meant to take that and create a .zip file and send it to the Octopus server. The…
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Running Entity Framework migrations during Octopus Deploy CI to Azure

I need to set up a continuous integration process to deploy our application as an Azure cloud service, using Octopus Deploy. This process includes a step that executes Entity Framework 6.1 migrations against our Azure SQL database (by running…
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Octopus Deploy uses a snapshot of deployment until I create a new release

I'm trying to set up a deployment in Octopus Deploy. As many other devs, I do that through iterations: tweak steps/scripts/packages -> click "Deploy" -> inspect the outcome -> start again if not satisfied. In case of Octopus Deploy, it uses a…
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How to make Octopus deploy choose package version in multiple environment?

We are building packages for multiple deployment environments using TeamCity server and OctoPack. The problem is that tentacle agent chooses the latest by number version of the package, so it's the same (latest) package that is deployed on all…
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teamcity octopus deploy handling multiple code branches (default and develop) with same project name

At the moment teamcity is watching and building a mercurial develop branch using the AssemblyInfoPatcher plugin and Project.Website.2.x.x.x.nupkg turns up in artifacts and octopus is deploying this to a staging environment. awesome stuff. Now I am…
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Octopus Deploy and VPN

Does anyone know if its possible to deploy to a server in a VPN using Octopus Deploy? If the tentacle is on the server in the VPN is there a way Octopus Deploy to connect/disconnect to a VPN? Cheers UPDATE We think we've found a work around…
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Octopack puts csc.exs in double bin folder

I have just developed a small internal application and I'm using Octopus Deploy as the deployment software. I've been using Octopus for a number of years now without issue. However, I've just hit a rather strange "thing" which has got me a bit…
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How to include config transform files in web application filesystem publish output

I've been pulling my hair out on this for a while now. I'm trying to implement a continuous integration and deployment pipeline using TeamCity and Octopus Deploy. I am 99% there, except for one problem. I am using the standard msbuild runner of…
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