Octopus Deploy Installation

This workflow assumes you have a two-site setup, that is Staging and Production sites, and that you will deploy Forsta Plus to your staging site first, where you do testing. Only after testing is complete will you deploy to production.

If you have a single site only, that is just production, then the methodology can be easily inferred.

Note: Setup of Octopus (including definition of environments and installation of agents) will already have been performed by Forsta staff for you.

Figure 1 - The installation workflow

Step 1 - Automated Release Updates

A scheduled task is pre-configured on the Octopus server that automatically contacts the Forsta Plus feed selected for your site (nuget.us.confirmit.com, nuget.euro.confirmit.com, nuget.confirmit.com.au) and will check for any Forsta Plus versions available for On Premise installation. These will appear in the release list in Octopus.

Figure 2 - Available releases for installation to a production environment

Step 2 - Deployment to Staging

Decide which release you plan to install.

In the Octopus web interface, choose that version and deploy it to your staging environment

Figure 3 - Step 2 - Deployment to Staging

Step 3 - Testing

During this period you will test the software you deployed onto the Staging environment to ensure it is safe to be installed onto the Production environment.

Note: The scheduled task will run in the background, fetching the latest available versions of Forsta Plus. No downloading or installation to any of your environments will occur unless you choose to.

Step 4 - Deployment to Production

Once testing on the Staging environment has completed, deployment to production can be scheduled.

From the Octopus web console you can proceed to deploy selected version to your Production environment using the same method as staging.

Figure 4 - Step 4 - Deployment to Production