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Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions

You're reading from   Automating Workflows with GitHub Actions Automate software development workflows and seamlessly deploy your applications using GitHub Actions

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Product type Paperback
Published in Nov 2021
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781800560406
Length 216 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (14) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1:Introduction and Overview of Technologies Used with GitHub Actions
2. Chapter 1: Learning the Foundations for GitHub Actions FREE CHAPTER 3. Chapter 2: Deep Diving into GitHub Actions 4. Section 2: Advanced Concepts and Hands-On Exercises to Create Actions
5. Chapter 3: A Closer Look at Workflows 6. Chapter 4: Working with Self-Hosted Runners 7. Chapter 5: Writing Your Own Actions 8. Chapter 6: Marketplace – Finding Existing Actions and Publishing Your Own 9. Section 3: Customizing Existing Actions, Migrations, and the Future of GitHub Actions
10. Chapter 7: Migrations 11. Chapter 8: Contributing to the Community and Finding Help 12. Chapter 9: The Future of GitHub Actions 13. Other Books You May Enjoy

Migrating from Jenkins

You have studied and compared the features and benefits of both Jenkins and GitHub Actions, and you have decided to migrate some, or all, of your workflows to GitHub Actions. The next few sections will introduce basic steps to help you perform this migration successfully.

To get started with the migration, follow these steps:

  1. Migrate your code to GitHub. If your code is not hosted on GitHub already, create a new repository and push your code there. Please refer to Chapter 1, Learning the Foundations for GitHub Actions, and review the steps to accomplish that.
  2. Read the documentation to learn more about the workflow configuration and syntax differences between both platforms.

    Important note

    The comprehensive documentation to support the migration from Jenkins to GitHub Actions can be found at https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/migrating-from-jenkins-to-github-actions.

  3. Start migrating the contents of your Jenkins pipeline script...
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