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https://github.com/features/actions

GitHub Actions is a powerful automation platform that is built-in to, and integrated with [[GitHub]]. With a [[YAML]]-based syntax, it is similar to ~~the~~ [[Ansible]] automation platform or others like Azure DevOps Pipelines, Amazon AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, CircleCI, ~~and~~ GitLabCI. It allow you to automate build, test, and deployment processes within your code repository; defining workflows using YAML files and utilizing different runner environments to execute tasks.

Microsoft's '''GitHub Actions''' is a powerful automation platform that is built-in to, and integrated with [[GitHub]]. With a [[YAML]]-based syntax, it is similar to IBM's (RedHat) '''[[Ansible]]''' automation platform or others like Microsoft's '''Azure DevOps Pipelines''', Amazon AWS '''CodePipeline''', '''[[Jenkins]]''', '''CircleCI''', '''[https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/ GitLabCI]''' etc... It allow you to automate build, test, and deployment processes within your code repository; defining workflows using YAML files and utilizing different runner environments to execute tasks.

While GitHub's hosted runners only include 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest' and Ubuntu Linux<ref>https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories</ref>, you can use a Docker Image ''inside'' Ubuntu to evaluate your action on a different flavor of Linux like Debian<ref>

A snippet like this in your action will build the named image in the Ubuntu runner. Source: https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1381/how-to-run-github-ci-cd-workflows-actions-rocky-linux

While GitHubs hosted runners only include 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest' and Ubuntu Linux<ref>https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories</ref>, you can use a Docker Image ''inside'' Ubuntu to evaluate your action on a different flavor of Linux like Debian<ref>

~~A snippet like this in your action will build the named image in the Ubuntu runner.~~

runs-on: ubuntu-latest

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A cool advanced tool for debugging your GitHub Actions automation is https://github.com/nektos/act which allows you to run GitHub actions locally.

== Docs ==

https://docs.github.com/en/actions

[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/about-github-actions/understanding-github-actions Overview]

[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/sharing-automations/reusing-workflows Reusing workflows]

[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/deployments/terraform.yml Terraform deployments]

[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/docker-image.yml Build Docker image]

[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/php.yml Run Composer]

[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/tree/main/code-scanning Code scanning] (examples for lots of tools from psalm to sonarcube)

[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/connecting-to-a-private-network/about-private-networking-with-github-hosted-runners Private networking with Github-hosted runners]

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[[Category:DevOps]]

[[Category:Automation]]

[[Category:Continuous Integration]]

[[Category:Continuous Delivery]]

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 https://github.com/features/actions
-GitHub Actions is a powerful automation platform that is built-in to, and integrated with [[GitHub]]. With a [[YAML]]-based syntax, it is similar to the [[Ansible]] automation platform or others like Azure DevOps Pipelines, Amazon AWS CodePipeline, Jenkins, CircleCI, and GitLabCI. It allow you to automate build, test, and deployment processes within your code repository; defining workflows using YAML files and utilizing different runner environments to execute tasks.
+Microsoft's '''GitHub Actions''' is a powerful automation platform that is built-in to, and integrated with [[GitHub]]. With a [[YAML]]-based syntax, it is similar to IBM's (RedHat) '''[[Ansible]]''' automation platform or others like Microsoft's '''Azure DevOps Pipelines''', Amazon AWS '''CodePipeline''', '''[[Jenkins]]''', '''CircleCI''', '''[https://docs.gitlab.com/ci/ GitLabCI]''' etc... It allow you to automate build, test, and deployment processes within your code repository; defining workflows using YAML files and utilizing different runner environments to execute tasks.
+While GitHub's hosted runners only include 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest' and Ubuntu Linux<ref>https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories</ref>, you can use a Docker Image ''inside'' Ubuntu to evaluate your action on a different flavor of Linux like Debian<ref>
+A snippet like this in your action will build the named image in the Ubuntu runner. Source: https://www.claudiokuenzler.com/blog/1381/how-to-run-github-ci-cd-workflows-actions-rocky-linux
-While GitHubs hosted runners only include 'windows-latest', 'macos-latest' and Ubuntu Linux<ref>https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners#standard-github-hosted-runners-for-public-repositories</ref>, you can use a Docker Image ''inside'' Ubuntu to evaluate your action on a different flavor of Linux like Debian<ref>
-A snippet like this in your action will build the named image in the Ubuntu runner.
 <syntaxhighlight lang="yaml">
      runs-on: ubuntu-latest
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 A cool advanced tool for debugging your GitHub Actions automation is https://github.com/nektos/act which allows you to run GitHub actions locally.
+== Docs ==
+https://docs.github.com/en/actions
+[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/about-github-actions/understanding-github-actions Overview]
+[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/sharing-automations/reusing-workflows Reusing workflows]
+[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/deployments/terraform.yml Terraform deployments]
+[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/docker-image.yml Build Docker image]
+[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/blob/main/ci/php.yml Run Composer]
+[https://github.com/actions/starter-workflows/tree/main/code-scanning Code scanning] (examples for lots of tools from psalm to sonarcube)
+[https://docs.github.com/en/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/connecting-to-a-private-network/about-private-networking-with-github-hosted-runners Private networking with Github-hosted runners]
 {{References}}
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 [[Category:DevOps]]
 [[Category:Automation]]
+[[Category:Continuous Integration]]
+[[Category:Continuous Delivery]]