Getting started with GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions allows you to build, test, and deploy your workloads from your GitHub repository GitHub Actions is event-driven; for example, when someone creates a pull request, opens an issue, does a deployment, and so on. The specific actions are triggered based upon the events. You can even create your own GitHub Actions to customize the workflow based upon your use case. There is a great marketplace available too, at https://github.com/marketplace, from where you can integrate existing GitHub Actions into your workflow.

GitHub Actions uses a YAML syntax file to define events, jobs, actions, and commands. In the following diagram, you can see a complete list of GitHub Actions components:

Figure 9.1 – GitHub Actions components

Let's discuss the GitHub components in detail:

• Workflow: This is used to build, test, package, release, or deploy the project on GitHub. A workflow consists of jobs and is triggered...