Github Actions

• Github Actions Help in running workflows on GitHub Events
• For Github Repository and associated stuff watch classroom recording
• Github Events
• Github Actions responds to Events by triggering one or more Github Actions
• Github Actions are expressed in yaml files which will be present in .github/actions folder in root of your repo
• Github Actions Workflow Structure
  • Events: Trigger which is of three types
    • schedule
    • activity on Github such as PR, push, issue created ..
    • Manual Execution (Workflow dispatch)
  • Runners:
    • This is where the pipeline executes
    • Are of two types
      • Github Hosted Runners
      • Self Hosted Runners
    • Pricing
    • Minute Multipliers
      • 1 CI/CD minute = 1 minute (linux)
      • 2 CI/CD minutes = 1 minute (Windows)
      • 10 CI/CD minutes = 1 minute (mac)
    • Every Github Runner will have pre installed softwares in it ubuntu-2404
  • Jobs
  • Steps: Individual actions, which can be acheived by predefined actions or low level commands which use run
    
• Github actions for Azure DevOps

Lets Create first pipeline for Spring Petclinic

• We can use Visual studio code to author workflow (Pipeline) or from Github
• Visual studio has extension for Github Actions
  
• Github Actions Workflow reference
• First run of spring petclinic based on starter workflow

Starter Workflows

• Github actions provides starter workflows which can be used depeneding on the technology stack
• Using Starter Workflows
• Refer Here for java with maven starter workflow
• Note: Watch classroom recording and create atleast two workflows