devops-basics

1. What is GitHub Action?

https://docs.github.com/en/actions/learn-github-actions/understanding-github-actions

Overview

GitHub Actions is a continuous integration and continuous delivery (CI/CD) platform that allows you to automate your build, test, and deployment pipeline. You can create workflows that build and test every pull request to your repository, or deploy merged pull requests to production.

GitHub Action workflow

Official website documentation of GitHub Action

https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions

2. Prerequisites

Basic linux command line skill, CICD, YAML

3. Installation

How to install GitHub Action?

No need to install, it’s built along with GitHub server

4. Basics of GitHub Action

Getting started with GitHub Action

Visit https://docs.github.com/en/enterprise-cloud@latest/actions/quickstart for a comprehensive introduction.

GitHub Action Hello World

Check the basic/ directory to create a simple GitHub Action demo.

5. Beyond the Basics

Hands-On Example

Explore a practical hands-on example in the learn-github-actions for more GitHub Action concepts