Configuring the GitHub Actions workflow

Several configurations will need to be made if you wish to successfully run the GitHub Actions workflow and achieve a successful deployment. Primarily among these are input parameters, which take the form of variables and secrets. Notably, secrets function almost identically to variables, except they are masked in the logs and visible to no one, once they have been configured in the repository settings. Once you can successfully initiate a pipeline run, examine the logging output to verify any issues, failures, and successes. Finally, you will be able to observe the functioning web application running in AWS EC2.

Prerequisites

To complete this phase of the guide, you will need to ensure you have an active GitHub account (https://github.com/) that is in good standing.

Step 1 – configure the necessary GitHub repository variables and secrets

Configuring the backend for GitHub Actions is a simple process, but it does help to know...