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Mastering GitHub Actions

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

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Product type Paperback
Published in Mar 2024
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781805128625
Length 490 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Eric Chapman Eric Chapman
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Table of Contents (22) Chapters Close

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 21. Other Books You May Enjoy

Summary

In this chapter, we explored the power of GitHub Apps in enhancing our workflows. We learned how to create a custom GitHub App, set permissions to control access, and install it in our repositories. By collecting and securely managing secrets for our GitHub App, we achieved a personalized workflow experience. With our GitHub App in place, we gained fine-grained control over the permissions it had within our repositories. This allowed us to tailor access to specific resources and actions, ensuring a secure and controlled environment for our workflows.

By installing the GitHub App in our repositories, we established a seamless integration that provided context and capabilities for our workflows. Through careful management of secrets, such as access tokens and API keys, we ensured secure authentication and authorization within our workflows. The collected secrets were securely stored and made accessible as environment secrets, enabling seamless and secure interaction with the...

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