CI/CD and GitOps
GitHub Actions
CI/CD built into GitHub repositories. GitHub Actions is GitHub's built-in automation service. Workflows defined in YAML run on events such as pushes, pull requests or schedules, on GitHub-hosted runners or on your own self-hosted runners. A large marketplace of reusable actions covers building, testing, scanning and deploying.
When it is the right choice
- Your code already lives on GitHub
- You want CI/CD next to pull requests with little setup
- You need to deploy to clouds without long-lived secrets, using OIDC
- Costs can grow with heavy builds on hosted runners; self-hosted runners or another system may fit better
How we use it
- Build pipelines that test, scan, build images and deploy through reviewed pull requests
- Use OIDC to authenticate to AWS, Google Cloud and Azure instead of stored keys
- Run self-hosted runners on Kubernetes for speed, cost or private network access
- Add AI review steps that summarise changes and flag risks for human reviewers
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GitHub Actions: frequently asked
Are third-party actions safe to use?
Treat them as dependencies. Pin actions to a commit SHA, limit workflow permissions and review what each action does.
When should we use self-hosted runners?
When builds need private network access, special hardware such as GPUs, or when hosted minutes become expensive. They need patching and isolation like any server.
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