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Category:<\/strong> DevOps<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Learn how to use GitHub Actions to automate your deployments. Learn how to set up a CI\/CD pipeline that builds, tests, and deploys your application on every push. <\/p>\n Featured Image (search Envato Elements):<\/strong> <\/p>\n GitHub Actions is a GitHub-native automation platform that allows you to define custom workflows that run based on events (such as a All of this is defined by YAML files in the directory Create the directory \u26a0\ufe0f Remember:<\/strong> Configure credentials Let's say you have a remote server where you want to deploy your container. You can use And add the necessary SSH keys like secrets<\/em> ( GitHub Actions lets you automate everything from the most basic steps to complete CI\/CD workflows with productive deployments. Mastering this tool is key for any modern developer looking for efficiency and professionalism in their deliveries.<\/p>\n Start with a simple flow and evolve into robust pipelines with validations, multiple environments, and continuous deployment. Automation isn't the future, it's the present.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" GitHub Actions automates application deployment, automatically building, testing, and deploying with each push to the main branch. It also explains how to manage secrets and define execution conditions.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":596,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-594","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-devops"],"yoast_head":"\nmain<\/code>.<\/em><\/p>\n
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\nWhat is GitHub Actions?<\/h3>\n
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.github\/workflows<\/code>.<\/p>\nStep 1: Create the basic workflow<\/h3>\n
.github\/workflows<\/code> in your repository and add a file deploy.yml<\/code> with this basic content:<\/p>\nname: CI\/CD Pipeline on: push: branches: - main jobs: build-and-deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - name: Clone repository uses: actions\/checkout@v3 - name: Install Java uses: actions\/setup-java@v3 with: java-version: '17' distribution: 'temurin' - name: Build project run: .\/mvnw clean install - name: Build image Docker run: docker build -t myapp:latest . - name: Login to Docker Hub run: echo "${{ secrets.DOCKER_PASSWORD }}" | docker login -u ${{ secrets.DOCKER_USERNAME }} --password-stdin - name: Upload image run: docker tag myapp:latest docker.io\/youruser\/myapp:latest && docker push docker.io\/youruser\/myapp:latest\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nDOCKER_USERNAME<\/code> and DOCKER_PASSWORD<\/code> in the secrets<\/em> from the repository.<\/p>\nStep 2: Add the deployment step<\/h3>\n
scp<\/code> and ssh<\/code> to copy the docker-compose.yml<\/code> and release the new version:<\/p>\n - name: Copy files to server run: | scp docker-compose.yml user@server-ip:\/home\/user\/app ssh user@server-ip 'cd \/home\/user\/app && docker-compose pull && docker-compose up -d'\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nSSH_PRIVATE_KEY<\/code>) and configure them before running the commands:<\/p>\n - name: Configure SSH uses: webfactory\/ssh-agent@v0.8.0 with: ssh-private-key: ${{ secrets.SSH_PRIVATE_KEY }}\r\n<\/code><\/pre>\nStep 3: Additional improvements<\/h3>\n
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staging<\/code>, production<\/code>)<\/li>\nworkflow_dispatch<\/code>)<\/li>\nreusable workflows<\/code><\/li>\n<\/ul>\nAdvantages of using GitHub Actions<\/h3>\n
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