Automating Deployments with GitHub Actions

Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment (CI/CD) is a crucial part of modern software development. In this guide, we'll walk through setting up a pipeline using GitHub Actions.

Prerequisites

• A GitHub account
• A project to deploy
• Target server (e.g., AWS EC2, DigitalOcean Droplet)

Step 1: Create Workflow File

Create a file at .github/workflows/deploy.yml in your repository.

name: Deploy
on:
  push:
    branches: [ main ]
jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
    - uses: actions/checkout@v2
    - name: Run scripts
      run: echo "Deploying..."

This is just the beginning. Real-world pipelines include testing, building Docker images, and pushing to registries.