Skip to navigation Skip to main content Skip to footer
Docs Learn API CLI
Changelog Sign in Start for free
Docs
    Start for free
    1. Docs
    2. Administration

    Administration

    Octopus administration tasks and command reference

    Edit on GitHub

    This section provides information that is important for managing your Octopus Server.

    Use Octopus docs with AI
    • Open this page as markdown
    • Open all docs as markdown
    Previous article Version
    Next article High Availability

    Navigation

    • Introduction
    • Getting started
    • Octopus Cloud
    • Installation
    • Best Practices
    • Octopus AI
    • Kubernetes
    • Argo CD
    • Infrastructure
    • Platform Hub
    • Packaging applications
    • Projects
    • Tenants
    • Releases
    • Deployments
    • Runbooks
    • Feature Flags
    • Tasks
    • Approvals
    • Insights
    • Octopus REST API
    • Administration
      • Overview
      • High Availability
        • High Availability
        • How High Availability Works
        • Migration
        • Auto Scaling High Availability Nodes
        • Polling Tentacles with HA
        • Troubleshooting
      • Data
        • Octopus database
        • Backup and restore
        • Changing the collation of the Octopus database
        • Data Migration
      • Spaces
      • Upgrading Octopus
        • Upgrading Octopus
        • Upgrading a modern version of Octopus
          • Upgrading a modern version of Octopus
          • Upgrading minor and patch releases of Octopus Deploy
          • Upgrading major releases of Octopus Deploy
          • How to automate Octopus Deploy upgrades
          • Upgrading host OS or .NET
          • Creating a test instance
        • Upgrading old versions of Octopus
          • Upgrading old versions of Octopus
          • Upgrading from Octopus 1.6 to 2.6.5
          • Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS
            • Upgrading from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS
            • In place upgrade (Install Over 2.6.5)
            • Manual upgrade
            • Upgrade with a new server instance
            • Migrating data from Octopus 2.6.5 to 2018.10 LTS
            • Troubleshooting
            • Minimize the data-migration time
            • Backup v2.6 database
          • Upgrading from Octopus 2.x to 2.6.5
          • Upgrading from Octopus 3.x to the latest version
          • Upgrading from Octopus 4.x / 2018.x to latest version
      • Sync multiple instances
      • Managing infrastructure
        • Managing infrastructure
        • Maintenance Mode
        • Applying Operating System upgrades
        • Recovering after losing your Octopus Server and Master Key
        • Rotating the Master Key
        • Rate Limiting
        • Performance
          • Performance
          • Providing database performance metrics
          • Record a performance trace
          • Record memory snapshots
          • Create sanitized database backup
          • Enable web request logging
        • Run multiple processes on a target simultaneously
        • Managing multiple instances
        • Automating infrastructure with DSC
        • Script Console
        • Moving your Octopus components to other servers
          • Moving your Octopus components to other servers
          • Move the Octopus home folder and the Tentacle home and application folders
          • Moving the Octopus Server
          • Moving the Octopus Server database
          • Moving the Octopus Server and database
          • Moving the Octopus home directory
        • Server configuration and file storage
          • Server configuration and file storage
          • Moving Octopus Server folders
          • Manually uninstall Octopus Server
        • Tentacle configuration and file storage
          • Tentacle configuration and file storage
          • Manually uninstall Tentacle
        • Subscriptions
          • Subscriptions
          • Subscription webhook notifications
        • Show configuration
        • Slack integration
        • Service watchdog
        • Diagnostics
      • Private cloud migration
      • Retention policies
        • Retention policies
        • Configuring built-in feed retention policy
        • Configuring lifecycle retention policy
        • Configuring runbook retention policy
        • Retention policy Tentacle cleanup and troubleshooting
      • Reporting
        • Reporting
        • Report on deployments using Excel and XML
        • Report on deployments using SQL
        • Octopus reporting with an Excel template
    • Security
    • Support
    • Credits
    • GitHub Organizations
    • Deprecations
    • Search

    Was this page helpful?

    Thanks for your feedback!

    Last updated May 24, 2024

    Copyright © 2026 Octopus Deploy

    • Privacy
    • GDPR
    • Terms
    • Status
    • Support