Study Guid

GitHub Action

G t xam-r ady or your GitHub Action C rti ication ith our

compr h n iv tudy guid . W ’v curat d th ntial
r ourc and l arning activiti to b r pr par you or th
GitHub Action xam and boo t your chanc o ucc .

Audi nc Pro il
Thi xam i d ign d or D vOp ngin r , o t ar d v lop r , and IT pro ional ith int rm diat -
l v l xp ri nc in GitHub Action , including ork lo cr ation, automation, and CI/CD pip lin
manag m nt.

Obj ctiv Domain

An obj ctiv domain or a c rti ication xam, o t n r rr d to a a “domain” or “ xam domain,” i a
tructur d outlin or ram ork that d in th p ci ic kno l dg , kill , and topic that th c rti ication
xam ill cov r. It provid a cl ar roadmap or hat candidat hould xp ct to ncount r on th xam
and hat th y n d to tudy and pr par or.

Th domain provid d in thi tudy guid ar int nd d to provid in ight into th topic cat gori cov r d in
th GitHub Action xam, along ith th l arning obj ctiv ithin ach domain.

Domain Breakdown

Domain 1: Author and maintain work ows

Domain 2: Consume work ows

Domain 3: Author and maintain actions

Domain 4: Manage GitHub Actions for the enterprise

R comm ndation and B t Practic or Succ

To incr a your chanc o ucc in pa ing th GitHub Action xam, it’ ntial to tart ith a olid
oundation o ba ic xp ri nc , xpo ur , and pro ici ncy o GitHub Action . Th r comm nd d l arning
path or thi xam provid you ith an in-d pth tudy o th l arning cont nt, ollo d by hand -on
x rci and pr paration a m nt qu tion that r cr at d to nabl you to in -tun your
kno l dg and r adin or th c rti ication xam.
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 Study Guid GitHub Action

Cont nt R ourc
Th ollo ing r ourc hav b n cr at d in collaboration ith GitHub a r comm nd d cont nt that
cov r th l arning obj ctiv in ach domain or th GitHub Action xam. Both icro o t L arn and
Link dIn L arning provid a compl t l arning path or th xam, but o r a di r nt l arning xp ri nc .

icro o t L arn

Th GitHub Action l arning path on S L arn provid a robu t coll ction o

l arning modul d ign d to pr par you or th GitHub Action xam. Div into
th orld o cod automation ith con id nc a you mbark on a journ y o
building, t ting, and d ploying your proj ct dir ctly rom GitHub. Through
hand -on x rci and a m nt qu tion , th modul ill mpo r you
ith th xp rti n d d to harn th ull pot ntial o GitHub Action in
tr amlining your o t ar d v lopm nt ork lo .

Link dIn L arning

Pr par or th GitHub Action C rti ication ith Link dIn L arning'

compr h n iv vid o ri , Pr par or th GitHub Action C rti ication. Div
into an xt n iv coll ction o modul m ticulou ly d ign d to quip you or
th GitHub Action xam. L arn th intricaci o building, t ting, and d ploying
your cod aml ly rom GitHub' intuitiv plat orm. Engag in hand -on
x rci and thought-provoking a m nt that ill mpo r you ith th
xp rti n d d to ma t r GitHub Action and ortl ly automat your o t ar d v lopm nt
ork lo . (Thi l arning path ill b availabl in Nov mb r, 2023)

Domain 1: Author and maintain ork lo

Work with events that trigger work ows

Con gure work ows to run for one or more events

Con gure work ows to run for scheduled events

Con gure work ows to run for manual events

Con gure work ows to run for webhook events (i.e. check_run, check_suite, deployment, etc.)

Demonstrate a GitHub event to trigger a work ow based on a practical use case

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 Study Guid GitHub Action

Use the components of a work ow

Identify the correct syntax for work ow jobs (i.e. indentation and encapsulation of parts of the work ow)

Use job steps for actions and shell commands

Use conditional keywords for steps

Describe how actions, work ows, jobs, steps, runs, and the marketplace work together

Identify scenarios suited for using GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners

Implement work ow commands as a run step to communicate with the runner

Demonstrate the use of dependent jobs

Use encrypted secrets and environment variables as part of a work ow

Use encrypted secrets to store sensitive information

Identify the available default environment variables during the construction of the work ow

Identify the location to set custom environment variables in a work ow

Identify when to use the GITHUB_TOKEN secret

Demonstrate how to use work ow commands to set environment variables

Create a work ow for a particular purpose

Add a script to a work ow

Demonstrate how to publish to GitHub Packages using a work ow

Demonstrate how to publish to GitHub Container Registry using a work ow

Use database and service containers in a GitHub Actions work ow

Use labels to route work ows to speci c runners

Use CodeQL as a step in a work ow

Demonstrate how to publish a component as a GitHub release using GitHub Actions

Deploy a release to a cloud provider using a GitHub Actions work ow

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 Study Guid GitHub Action

Manage work ow runs

Con gure caching of work ow dependencies

Identify steps to pass data between jobs in a work ow

Remove work ow artifacts from GitHub

Add a work ow status badge

Add environment protections

De ne a matrix of di erent job con gurations

Implement work ow approval gates

Domain 2: Con um ork lo

Interpret the e ects of a work ow

Identify the event that triggered a work ow from its e ects in a repository, issue, or pull request

Describe a work ow’s e ects from reading its con guration le

Diagnose a failed work ow run (i.e. using a work ow run history and its logs, determine why a work ow run may have
failed)

Identify ways to access the work ow logs from the user interface

Identify ways to access the work ow logs from GitHub’s REST API

Enable step debug logging in a work ow

Demonstrate how to use default environment variables in a work ow

Demonstrate the correct syntax for passing custom environment variables in a work ow step

Locate a work ow, its logs, and artifacts

Describe where to locate a work ow in a repository

Explain the di erence between disabling and deleting of work ows

Demonstrate how to download work ow artifacts from the user interface

Describe how to use an organization’s templated work ow

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 Study Guid GitHub Action

Use actions in a work ow

De ne the indicators of what makes a trustworthy action

Identify an action’s type, inputs, and outputs

Demonstrate how to use the speci c version of an action in a work ow

Domain 3: Author and maintain action

Use available action types

Identify the type of action required for a given problem (i.e. JavaScript, Docker container, run step)

Demonstrate how to troubleshoot JavaScript actions

Demonstrate how to troubleshoot Docker container actions

Describe the components of an action

Identify the les and directory structure needed to create an action

Identify the metadata and syntax needed to create an action

Implement work ow commands within an action to communicate with the runner (Note: this includes exit codes)

Distribute an action

Identify how to select an appropriate distribution model for an action (i.e., public, private, marketplace)

Identify the best practices for distributing custom actions

Demonstrate how to create a release strategy for an action (i.e. versioning)

Demonstrate how to publish an action to the GitHub marketplace

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 Study Guid GitHub Action

Domain 4: anag GitHub Action in th nt rpri

Distribute actions and work ows to the enterprise

Explain reuse templates for actions and work ows

De ne an approach for managing and leveraging reusable components (i.e. repos for storage, naming conventions for
les/folders, and plans for ongoing maintenance)

De ne how to distribute actions for an enterprise

De ne how to control access to actions within the enterprise

Con gure organizational use policies for GitHub Actions

Manage runners for the enterprise

Describe the e ects of con guring IP allow lists on GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners

Describe how to select appropriate runners to support workloads (i.e. using a self-hosted versus GitHub-hosted runner,
choosing supported operating systems)

Explain the di erence between GitHub-hosted and self-hosted runners

Con gure self-hosted runners for enterprise use (i.e. including proxies, labels, networking)

Demonstrate how to manage self-hosted runners using groups (i.e. managing access, moving runners into and between
groups)

Demonstrate how to monitor, troubleshoot, and update self-hosted runners

Manage encrypted secrets in the enterprise

Identify the scope of encrypted secrets

Demonstrate how to access encrypted secrets within actions and work ows

Explain how to manage organization-level encrypted secrets

Explain how to manage repository-level encrypted secrets

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