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GitHub Actions Certification

Prepare for GitHub Actions certification: workflows, CI/CD pipelines, custom/reusable actions, self-hosted runners, enterprise security, and Kubernetes deployments.

Barahalikar Siddharth

Technical Architect and Educator

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Description

Welcome to the GitHub Actions Certification Course, a tailored curriculum designed to transform participants into skilled experts in automating, customizing, and enhancing their software development workflows with GitHub Actions. Designed for developers, DevOps engineers, and IT professionals, this course provides hands-on labs to master GitHub Actions, enabling you to automate your workflows and streamline your development process.

Course Objectives

Upon successful completion of this course, learners will be able to:

1. Grasp the Foundations: Understand the basic components and capabilities of GitHub Actions, including triggers, runners, jobs, steps, and actions.

2. Design Effective Workflows: Craft custom workflows that adhere to best practices for build, test, and deployment processes.

3. Implement CI/CD Pipelines: Set up efficient pipelines using GitHub Actions that support development, staging, and production environments.

4. Master Workflow Commands and Actions: Leverage GitHub Actions built-in options and create custom actions (all three types supported) to design intricate workflows.

5. Integrate with Third-party Tools: Connect GitHub Actions with external services and tools to create a cohesive development ecosystem.

6. Security and Compliance: Implement security practices within GitHub Actions workflows to protect sensitive data and meet compliance requirements.

7. Manage GitHub Actions for the enterprise: Securely use actions & workflows across your enterprise with the help of policies & manage runners for scalability & control.

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Labs Included:

Lab - Exploring Workflow Syntax
Lab - Create Workflow with Unit testing and Code Coverage
Lab - Cache, Docker, Containers, and Services
Lab - Environment Setup and Kubernetes Deployment
Lab - Reusable Workflow
Lab - Custom Actions
Lab - Self Hosted Runner
Lab - Security Guide
Lab - GitHub Actions in the Enterprise

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Target Audience

This course is ideal for:

- DevOps Engineers looking to implement robust CI/CD pipelines.

- Software Developers seeking to automate processes and improve efficiency.

- IT Professionals responsible for managing and deploying applications.

- Anyone interested in mastering GitHub Actions to streamline their development workflows.

About the instructor

Barahalikar Siddharth is not just a technologist but also an educator and innovator, committed to advancing technology through both professional practice and teaching.

With over 8 years of experience in DevSecOps, MuleSoft, Kubernetes, Apigee, Istio, and GCP, he is a Technical Architect known for his innovative approach to technology solutions. His expertise spans API development and management, utilizing platforms like Google Apigee, Mulesoft, and Kubernetes.

As an instructor, Siddharth shares his deep knowledge in Kubernetes, and DevSecOps, providing practical and comprehensive learning experiences. His academic contributions include papers on extending microservices using Istio Service Mesh and the management of microservices with DevOps tools.

Siddharth's career began at HCL Technologies, evolving from a Software Developer to a Technical Architect.His accolades include multiple Infinity League recognitions and a CKAD: Certified Kubernetes Application Developer certification.

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Introduction

Topics

Lesson Content

Course Introduction (03:18)

Important Note

Problem Statement (Meeting with Dasher Team) (06:29)

Introducing Github Actions (09:42)

Basics of CI CD (08:48)

Create & Explore GitHub Account (05:01)

Join Our Community

GitHub Actions – Core Concepts

Topics

Lesson Content

Create and Run Workflow (12:51)

What are Actions (02:36)

Code Repository

Course Resources

GitHub Action Core Components (04:08)

Configure Checkout Action (06:13)

Multi-Line commands and Executing Third Party Libraries (04:06)

Workflow to Generate ASCII Artwork (06:44)

Executing Shell Scripts in Workflow (04:47)

Workflow with multiple Jobs (06:10)

Execute multiple jobs in Sequence using needs (05:31)

Storing workflow data as artifacts (08:42)

Working with Variables at different levels (10:56)

Working with Repository Level Secrets (07:01)

Lab – Exploring Workflow Syntax – Part 1

Triggering a workflow (07:42)

Using Job concurrency (09:05)

Timeout for Jobs and Steps (03:13)

Using a matrix for your jobs (10:01)

Additional Matrix Configuration (05:21)

Access workflow context information (06:11)

Using if expression in Jobs (08:20)

Workflow Event Filters and Activity Types (14:42)

Cancelling and Skipping Workflows (01:53)

⭐Enable step debug logging in a workflow (18:21)

⭐Access the workflow logs from GitHub’s REST API (12:59)

⭐workflow_dispatch Input Options (13:43)

⭐Configure workflows to run for webhook events (06:15)

⭐Lab – Exploring Workflow Syntax – Part 2

Feedback – Core Concepts

Continuous Integration with GitHub Action

Topics

Lesson Content

Project Status Meeting – 1 (00:49)

NodeJS Application Overview (02:52)

Run and Test NodeJS App on Local Machine (08:51)

Understanding DevOps Pipeline (03:04)

Clone Git Repo (01:28)

Workflow – Configure Unit Testing (13:40)

Archive/Store Unit Test Reports (03:17)

Run Unit Testing using Matrix Strategy (04:14)

Workflow – Configure Code Coverage (06:01)

Github Action Expressions (05:30)

Using continue on error expression (03:26)

Using if expressions with Step contexts (15:18)

Lab – Create Workflow with Unit testing and Code Coverage

Cache Node Dependencies (13:10)

Invalidate Cache (06:40)

Workflow – Docker Login (06:59)

Workflow – Docker Build and Test (09:48)

Workflow – Docker Push (02:58)

⭐GitHub Packages (03:55)

Workflow – Login and Push to GHCR (16:19)

⭐Publish to GitHub Packages using a workflow (13:45)

Project Status Meeting – 2 (01:59)

What are Job Containers (04:02)

What are Service Containers (03:37)

Run Unit Testing Job using a Service

Run Code Coverage Job using a Container and Service (06:55)

Project Status Meeting – 3 (00:30)

Lab – Cache, Docker, Containers and Services

Feedback – Continuous Integration with GitHub Actions

Continuous Deployment with GitHub Actions

Topics

Lesson Content

Understand Deployment Usecase (01:22)

Brief Overview on Kubernetes (04:25)

Workflow – Setup Kubectl (06:32)

Workflow – Configuring Kubeconfig file (04:39)

Workflow – Replace Placeholders Tokens (13:54)

Workflow – Create Secret and Deploy to Kubernetes Dev Environment (06:13)

Setting Output for Integration testing (13:19)

Understand Github Environments (05:01)

Create Dev Environment | Secrets | Environment Rules (03:45)

Modify Dev Deployment Job to use Environment tags (07:18)

Create Prod Environment | Secrets | Environment Rules (02:50)

Workflow – Deploy to Kubernetes Prod Environment (06:43)

If Expressions and Pull-Request (12:03)

⭐Deploy to a cloud provider using a GitHub Actions workflow (16:22)

Lab – Environment Setup and Kubernetes Deployment

Feedback – Continuous Deployment with GitHub Actions

Reusable Workflows and Reporting

Topics

Lesson Content

Project Status Meeting – 4 (00:36)

Understanding Reusable Workflows (04:33)

Step 1 – Configure new Reusable Workflow (11:29)

Step 2 – Using Secrets in Reusable Workflow (10:06)

Step 3 – Using Inputs in Reusable Workflow (13:45)

Step 4 – Using Outputs in Reusable Workflow (07:05)

⭐Organization’s Templated workflow (18:08)

⭐Lab – Reusable Workflow

Project Status Meeting – 5 (00:30)

Prepare a Job for reporting (07:01)

Uploading Reports to AWS S3 Storage (08:40)

Slack Notify – GitHub Action (12:58)

Feedback – Reusable Workflows and Reporting

Custom Actions

Topics

Lesson Content

What are Custom Actions? (04:42)

Create a Composite Action (10:28)

Using a Composite Action in Workflow (06:42)

Create a Docker Action (22:28)

Create a Javascript Action (19:43)

Sharing Custom Actions (04:51)

Using a Javascript Action in Workflow (03:55)

Using a Docker Action in Workflow (05:38)

⭐Workflow Commands and Setting exit codes in Custom Actions (07:20)

⭐Troubleshooting JavaScript Actions using Workflow Commands (30:39)

⭐Implement workflow commands within an Step (09:27)

⭐Actions Release and Version Management (02:54)

⭐Create GitHub release using GitHub Actions (09:51)

⭐Metadata syntax for GitHub Actions (08:31)

⭐Lab – Custom Actions

Feedback – Custom Actions

Self Hosted Runner

Topics

Lesson Content

Types of Runners (08:57)

Installing a Self-Hosted Runner (09:35)

Running Workflow on Self-Hosted Runner (04:52)

Exploring Self Hosted Runner (08:46)

⭐Monitor, troubleshoot, and update self-hosted runners (11:18)

Uninstalling Self Hosted Runner (03:05)

Lab – Self Hosted Runner

Feedback – Self Hosted Runner

Security Guide

Topics

Lesson Content

Security hardening for GitHub Actions (04:30)

Risk of Script Injection Attack (12:47)

Mitigating Script Injection Attack (03:32)

Securing Secrets using HashiCorp Vault (08:29)

Adding a workflow status badge (02:31)

⭐Manage Organization-level Encrypted Secrets (19:19)

⭐Use CodeQL as a step in a workflow (13:10)

Lab – Security Guide

Feedback – Security Guide

GitHub Actions in the Enterprise Cloud

Topics

Lesson Content

⭐Github Account Types (05:04)

⭐Create Trial for Enterprise Cloud (05:47)

⭐Managing self-hosted runners using groups – Part1 (14:23)

⭐Managing self-hosted runners using groups – Part 2 (09:03)

⭐Configure self-hosted runners with proxies (15:20)

⭐Configuring IP allow lists on GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners (04:34)

⭐Configure organizational use policies for GitHub Actions (10:38)

⭐Define how to control access to actions within the enterprise (04:42)

⭐Documenting GitHub Actions (05:03)

⭐Define how to distribute actions for an enterprise (06:19)

⭐Lab – GitHub Actions in the Enterprise

Feedback – GitHub Actions in the Enterprise Cloud

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