Self-service runbooks examples

Breaking down the barriers between developers and operations is a central tenet of DevOps, and utilizing runbooks can facilitate this by allowing developers to perform self-service administrative tasks without needing additional permissions. This approach ensures that infrastructure changes are auditable and secure, with Octopus Deploy offering robust auditing and role-specific access to runbooks. Developers can execute tasks such as restarting web applications, services, and servers, backing up and restoring databases, and provisioning environments, all while maintaining the security and integrity of the operations. By automating these operational tasks, runbooks can help reduce development lead times and promote collaboration between development and operations teams.