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Lab 2: Creating a hello world pipeline

GitHub Actions to create a CI/CD pipeline

The goal of this tutorial is to understand the basic use of github actions creating a hello world pipeline.

Note: On the last lab you entered the modern-web-app directory, go back to the root before continuing with the instructions.

The first step is to create a github workflow, create the following folder structure:

   mkdir .github/
   mkdir .github/workflows/

Navigate to the folder we just created

   cd .github/workflows/

Now we create a workflow inside the workflows folder.

touch pipeline.yml

The next step is to add the pipeline definition in the file we just created.

name: CI/CD Pipeline

on: push
jobs:
  hello-world:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
      - name: Hello World step
        run: echo "Hello World!"

Pipeline Core Concepts

  • Name: This is just specifying a name for the workflow.
  • On: The on command is used to specify an event that will trigger the workflow, this event can be push, pull_request, etc.
  • Jobs: Here we are specifying the job we want to run, in this case, we are setting up a build job.
  • Runs-on: is specifying the OS you want your workflow to run on.
  • Steps: Steps just indicate the various steps you want to run on that job.

Let's test our Pipeline

Once the changes are commited the pipeline should run automatically as especified to run on push.

git add .
git commit -m "Add workflow file"
git push

Useful Theory

What is a pipeline? a pipeline is a system of automated processes designed to quickly and accurately move new code additions and updates from version control to production.

what is continous integration? Continuous Integration is a software development practice where members of a team integrate their work frequently, usually each person integrates at least daily - leading to multiple integrations per day.

what is continous delivery? is a software development practice where code changes are automatically prepared for a release to production. With continuous delivery, every code change is built, tested, and then pushed to a non-production testing or staging environment. Continuous delivery automates the entire software release process.

what is github actions? GitHub Actions brings automation directly into the software development lifecycle on GitHub via event-driven triggers. These triggers are specified events that can range from creating a pull request to building a new brand in a repository.

Github Actions Docs

Lab checklist

  • Read the instructions
  • Create folder structure
  • Create a github workflow
  • Push the changes and check the pipeline execution in the Actions tab