Multi-environment deployments with Jenkins and Octopus

The article provides a detailed guide on deploying a web application using Jenkins and Octopus Deploy to Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service (EKS). It explains how Jenkins, a Continuous Integration (CI) tool, is used to build and push artifacts to a central repository, which are then deployed by Octopus Deploy, a specialized Continuous Delivery (CD) tool. The process involves setting up prerequisites such as AWS and GitHub accounts, configuring Jenkins pipelines, and establishing Octopus Deploy projects and environments. The article highlights the complementary roles of Jenkins and Octopus Deploy, with Jenkins handling the CI tasks and Octopus managing the release and deployment process across various environments, offering a dedicated dashboard for tracking release stages. It underscores the advantages of using Octopus for release management, including its ability to interface with major cloud providers and streamline the deployment lifecycle.