Service Fabric Deployment Targets

Mark Siedle's blog post discusses the integration of Azure Service Fabric Cluster targets with Octopus Deploy, highlighting the ease of setting up and deploying to Service Fabric clusters on Azure. With the impending retirement of Azure's Service Management API and the push towards Resource Management, Service Fabric is recommended for new cloud service development. The post provides insights into creating a Service Fabric cluster via the Azure portal and addresses common challenges such as the initial wait time for cluster readiness. It explains the packaging process for Service Fabric applications to ensure compatibility with real-world deployment pipelines, emphasizing the importance of the Service Fabric SDK and PowerShell script execution. The post also details the process of creating an Octopus Service Fabric Cluster Target, which allows for seamless communication and deployment to the Azure cluster, and it underscores the benefits of the new Azure Targets in simplifying the separation between infrastructure and deployment processes.