Learn continuous integration with GitHub Actions

This module details continuous integration using GitHub Actions and describes environment variables, artifacts, best practices, and how to secure your pipeline using encrypted variables and secrets.

Administrator

Developer

DevOps Engineer

Security Engineer

Security Operations Analyst

Service Adoption Specialist

Solution Architect

Technology Manager

Azure

GitHub

Artifacts

Boards

Cloud Services

Azure DevOps

Pipelines

Repos

Test Plans

Module Objectives

By the end of this module, you'll be able to:

Implement Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions
Use environment variables
Share artifacts between jobs and use Git tags
Create and manage secrets

Units

Introduction min
Describe continuous integration with actions min
Examine environment variables min
Share artifacts between jobs min
Examine Workflow badges min
Describe best practices for creating actions min
Mark releases with Git tags min
Create encrypted secrets min
Use secrets in a workflow min
Implement GitHub Actions for CI/CD min
Knowledge check min
Summary min

Prerequisites

None