Chapter 1: Introduction to GitHub Actions Chapter Goal: Give conceptual overview on CI CD while elaborating on the need of software delivery automation and basic concepts of GitHub Actions. No of pages : 15 Sub -Topics 1. Introducing Concepts (CI/CD) 2. Why we need SW Delivery Automation? 3. What are GitHub Actions? 4. Identifying core concepts in GitHub Actions 5. GitHub hosted runners. Chapter 2: Getting started with GitHub Actions Workflows Chapter Goal: Introduction to GitHub Actions workflows.
No of pages : 25 Sub - Topics 1. Using preconfigured workflow templates 2. Using Marketplace Actions to create workflows 3. Building a .NET Core Web App with GitHub Actions 4. Understanding the structure of a Workflow (jobs, actions, set job dependencies etc.) 5. Setting up continuous integration using GitHub actions Chapter 3: Variables and Secrets with GitHub Actions Chapter Goal: Lessons to provide hands-on guidance using variables and secrets in a GitHib workflow.
No of pages : 15 Sub - Topics: 1. Defining and using variables 2. Understanding the default variables usage 3. Naming conventions for variables 4. Defining and using secrets Chapter 4: Using Tokens Chapter Goal: Understanding the use of system token and the personal access tokens to work with GitHub repos and issues via the REST API in GitHub Actions workflow. No of pages : 15 Sub - Topics: 1. Using GITHUB_TOKEN 2. Creating a Personal Access Token 3.
Using Personal Access Token in workflow Chapter 5: Artifacts and Caching Dependencies No of pages : 20 Sub - Topics: 1. Storing content in Artifacts 2. Using artifacts in subsequent jobs 3. Uploading to external artifact store and using them in other workflows 4. Deleting artifacts 5. Caching workflow dependencies (compare caching and artifacts, using cache action and matching cache keys) 6. Limitations and eviction policy in caching Chapter 6: Using Self-Hosted Runners Chapter Goal: Setting up your own hardware and software to run GitHub actions. No of pages : 30 Sub - Topics: 1.
Understanding self-hosted runners 2. Configuring and adding/removing self-hosted runners GitHub. 3. Self-hosted runners with proxy 4. Using labels to organize self-hosted runners 5. Using self-hosted runners in workflows 6. Monitoring and access control for self-hosted runners Chapter 7: Publishing Packages and Migrating from Azure DevOps Pipelines Chapter Goal: How to create and publish packages in GitHub actions and migrating pipelines from Azure DevOps pipelines. No of pages : 20 Sub - Topics: 1.
Creating and publishing build artifacts as nuget 2. Using custom packages in workflows 3. Using GitHub Packages 4. Migrating Azure Pipelines Chapter 8: Using Database and Service Containers Chapter Goal: Hands on lessons on using Redis service containers and PostgreSQL service containers. No of pages : 20 Sub - Topics: 1. Running Redis jobs on containers 2. Running Redis jobs on runner machine 3. Using Redis service container 4.
Running PostgreSQL jobs on containers 5. Running PostgreSQL jobs on runner machine 6. Using PostgreSQL service container Chapter 9: Creating Custom Actions Chapter Goal: Step by step guidance to create your own GitHub actions. No of pages : 20 Sub - Topics: 1. Understanding action types 2. Steps to create a simple action 3. Creating Docker container action 4. Publishing actions to marketplace Chapter 10: GitHub Apps Chapter Goal: Using and creating GitHub Apps in workflows.
No of pages : 30 Sub - Topics: 1. Understanding GitHub Actions and Apps 2. Creating GitHub Apps 3. Using GitHub Apps Chapter 11: Syntax Reference for GitHub Actions and Workflows Chapter Goal: Syntax guide for GitHub Actions and Workflows. No of pages : 15 Sub - Topics: 1. Understanding Workflow Syntax 2. Triggers for Workflows 3. Using context and expressions 4.
Workflow commands.