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I learnt that,

Octopus server can be installed on Windows 2008, 2012, 2016 server editions

I see msi packages on Download page

Can Octopus server be installed on Ubuntu?

Can tentacle software be installed on Linux box?

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The document, Octopus Server Linux Container provides detailed instructions on how to operate Octopus Server on Linux using an image provided by Octopus Deploy on Docker Hub:

Octopus Server Linux Containers launched as part of 2020.6 and it's our recommended way to use containers with Octopus Deploy.

John Bristowe
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Diego Marinelli
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As of 2023-04-16 this answer is out of date, Diego Marinelli's answer should be accepted as correct.

Original Answer

Historically Octopus Deploy was a solution to deploy software on Windows only, therefore the server component only supports installation on Windows.

This is for a couple of technical reasons:

  1. Octopus Server takes a hard dependency on Internet Information Services (IIS) which itself only runs on Windows.
  2. Octopus Server is written in the .NET Framework doesn't run on Linux.

Once you have the Octopus Deploy Server software installed, you can manage Linux hosts via SSH, you don't need tentacles to manage Linux hosts.

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