You're reading from Mastering GitHub Actions Advance your automation skills with the latest techniques for software integration and deployment

Product type Paperback

Published in Mar 2024

Publisher Packt

ISBN-13 9781805128625

Length 490 pages

Edition 1st Edition

Tools

GitHub

Concepts

DevOps

Author (1):

Eric Chapman

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Table of Contents (22) Chapters

Preface

1. Part 1:Centralized Workflows to Assist with Governance FREE CHAPTER

2. Chapter 1: An Overview of GitHub and GitHub Actions

3. Chapter 2: Exploring Workflows

4. Chapter 3: Deep Dive into Reusable Workflows and Composite Actions

5. Chapter 4: Workflow Personalization Using GitHub Apps

6. Chapter 5: Utilizing Starter Workflows in Your Team

7. Part 2: Implementing Advanced Patterns within Actions

8. Chapter 6: Using HashiCorp Vault in GitHub

9. Chapter 7: Deploying to Azure Using OpenID Connect

10. Chapter 8: Working with Checks

11. Chapter 9: Annotating Code with Actions

12. Chapter 10: Advancing with Event-Driven Workflows

13. Chapter 11: Setting Up Self-Hosted Runners

14. Part 3: Best Practices, Patterns, Tricks, and Tips Toolkit

15. Chapter 12: The Crawler Pattern

16. Chapter 13: The Configuration Centralization Pattern

17. Chapter 14: Using Remote Workflows to Kickstart Your Products

18. Chapter 15: Housekeeping Tips for Your Organization

19. Chapter 16: Handy Workflows for Managing Your Software

20. Index

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Technical requirements

To follow along with the hands-on material in this chapter, you will need to follow the steps in the previous chapter or access the resources from it, referring back to it if anything is unclear to you. We will expand on the previously used Azure cloud subscription, so make sure that’s still available.

We’re also going to install a local runner on your machine, so make sure that your local PC meets the hardware requirements based on our OS and architecture. You can do so by verifying the latest requirements at https://docs.github.com/en/actions/hosting-your-own-runners/managing-self-hosted-runners/about-self-hosted-runners#supported-architectures-and-operating-systems.

We’ll also be installing Minikube locally; please follow the instructions at https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/ for a step-by-step guide on how to set this up on your given machine type. Validate the setup by testing a local application using the Ingress add-on...