GitHub Actions guides
These guides for GitHub Actions include specific use cases and examples to help you configure workflows.
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Get started with GitHub Actions
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1Overview
Introduction to GitHub Actions
Learn about the core concepts and various components of GitHub Actions, and see an example that shows you how to add automation to your repository. -
2How-to guide
Finding and customizing actions
Actions are the building blocks that power your workflow. A workflow can contain actions created by the community, or you can create your own actions directly within your application's repository. This guide will show you how to discover, use, and customize actions. -
3Overview
Essential features
GitHub Actions are designed to help you build robust and dynamic automations. This guide will show you how to craft GitHub Actions workflows that include environment variables, customized scripts, and more. -
4How-to guide
Managing complex workflows
This guide shows you how to use the advanced features of GitHub Actions, with secret management, dependent jobs, caching, build matrices, environments, and labels. -
5Overview
Security hardening
Good security practices for using GitHub Actions features.
GitHub Actions learning paths
Build and test code
You can create custom continuous integration (CI) workflows right in your repository.
About continuous integration
Setting up CI using templates
About service containers
Building and testing Node.js
Building and testing PowerShell
Building and testing Python
Building and testing Ruby
Building and testing Java with Maven
Building and testing Java with Gradle
Building and testing Java with Ant
Automate your deployments
Learn how to automate release publishing for your project with a custom continuous deployment (CD) workflow in GitHub Actions.
About packaging with GitHub Actions
Publishing Node.js packages
Publishing Java packages with Maven
Publishing Java packages with Gradle
Publishing Docker images
Deploy to the cloud
Learn how to use GitHub Actions to build an application and deploy it to various cloud-based platforms.
Host your own runners
You can create self-hosted runners to run workflows in a highly customizable environment.
About self-hosted runners
Adding self-hosted runners
Configuring the self-hosted runner application as a service
Using a proxy server with self-hosted runners
Using labels with self-hosted runners
Using self-hosted runners in a workflow
Managing access to self-hosted runners using groups
Monitoring and troubleshooting self-hosted runners
Create an action
Do you have an idea for a new action? Have you built something custom for your project? Learn how to build shareable actions and publish them to GitHub Marketplace.
About actions
Creating a Docker container action
Creating a JavaScript action
Creating a composite run steps action
Metadata syntax
Docker
Setting exit codes
Publishing actions in GitHub Marketplace
All GitHub Actions guides
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