Deploy Azure resources by using Bicep and GitHub Actions

Overview

• Module 1: Build a basic deployment workflow for Bicep infrastructure as code templates by using Azure DevOps and GitHub Actions.
• Automate Bicep deployments by using a workflow in GitHub Actions
• Set up a GitHub secret to authenticate a workflow to Azure
• Select an appropriate workflow trigger and set of tasks for a Bicep deployment
• Module 2: Learn how to create, manage, and grant permissions to service principals, which enable your deployment pipelines to securely authenticate to Azure.
• Explain what a service principal is, how it works, and how it compares to a managed identity
• Create a service principal and manage its keys
• Configure the appropriate authorization for a service principal to deploy Azure resources
• Module 3: Build a deployment workflow for Bicep infrastructure as code templates. Lint, validate, preview, and test your Bicep code by using GitHub and GitHub Actions.
• Add Bicep code linting during continuous integration
• Add preflight deployment validation during build or release jobs
• Add what-if checks, including manual approval steps
• Verify the configuration of the deployed environment
• Module 4: Build a deployment workflow for Bicep IaC templates. Deploy to multiple environments by using reusable workflows. Learn how to provide environment-specific parameters from your workflow.
• Deploy Bicep files to multiple Azure environments from a workflow
• Use reusable workflows to avoid repetition
• Use and secure parameters for each environment
• Module 5: Build a deployment workflow for Bicep infrastructure as code templates. Create a single workflow to deploy infrastructure, applications, and data.
• Deploy Azure infrastructure, applications, database scripts, and storage blobs from a single workflow
• Use workflow scripts and workflow actions to perform deployment steps
• Use workflow artifacts to publish compiled files for your deployment workflow jobs to use
• Pass data from your Bicep files to other deployment steps by using outputs

Syllabus

• Module 1: Build your first Bicep deployment workflow by using GitHub Actions
  • Introduction
  • Understand GitHub Actions
  • Exercise – Create and run a basic workflow
  • Deploy Bicep files by using a workflow
  • Exercise – Create a GitHub secret
  • Exercise – Add a Bicep deployment action to the workflow
  • Use triggers to control when your workflow runs
  • Exercise – Update your workflow’s trigger
  • Knowledge check
  • Summary
• Module 2: Authenticate your Azure deployment pipeline by using service principals
  • Introduction
  • Understand service principals
  • Create a service principal and key
  • Exercise – Create a service principal and key
  • Grant a service principal access to Azure
  • Exercise – Authorize your service principal for deployments
  • Knowledge check
  • Summary
• Module 3: Test your Bicep code by using GitHub Actions
  • Introduction
  • Understand workflow jobs
  • Lint and validate your Bicep code
  • Exercise – Set up your environment
  • Exercise – Add lint and validate jobs to your workflow
  • Preview and approve your deployment
  • Exercise – Add a preview job to your workflow
  • Test your resources after deployment
  • Exercise – Add a test job to your workflow
  • Knowledge check
  • Summary
• Module 4: Manage multiple environments by using Bicep and GitHub Actions
  • Introduction
  • Understand environments
  • Handle similarities between environments by using reusable workflows
  • Exercise – Set up your environment
  • Exercise – Add multiple environments to your workflow
  • Handle differences between environments by using Bicep parameters
  • Exercise – Use Bicep parameters with multiple environments
  • Knowledge check
  • Summary
• Module 5: Manage end-to-end deployment scenarios by using Bicep and GitHub Actions
  • Introduction
  • Understand end-end deployments
  • Configure applications and virtual machines
  • Exercise – Set up your environment
  • Exercise – Deploy a web application
  • Configure storage and databases
  • Exercise – Seed a storage account and database
  • Knowledge check
  • Summary

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