GitHub Actions has transformed the way teams build, test, secure, and deploy applications directly from GitHub. From simple automation to fully-fledged CI/CD pipelines running on Kubernetes, GitHub Actions enables you to ship software faster, safer, and with confidence.

This hands-on, project-driven course takes you from absolute zero to production-ready CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions. You won’t just learn YAML syntax — you’ll implement real-world pipelines involving testing, security scanning, Docker builds, container registries, self-hosted runners, Kubernetes deployments, Helm, Selenium testing, reusable workflows, and custom GitHub Actions.

By the end of this course, you’ll be able to design, build, optimize, and scale CI/CD pipelines the same way modern DevOps teams do in real production environments.

What makes GitHub Actions powerful?

• Native CI/CD built directly into GitHub

• Event-driven workflows (push, PR, schedule, manual triggers)

• Massive Actions marketplace

• Managed runners + self-hosted runners

• Kubernetes-native scaling with Runner Controllers

• Excellent support for modern DevOps and GitOps workflows

This course helps you unlock all of that — step by step.

Special Note

Every concept is taught through real code and real pipelines. You’ll work with hosted and self-hosted runners, set up ARC on Kubernetes and learn patterns used in enterprise DevOps. By the end, you won’t just use GitHub Actions - you’ll run it like it’s done in production.

Course Structure:

• GitHub Actions fundamentals

• Writing your first workflows

• Using marketplace actions & artifacts

• Pull request & branch-based workflows

• Secrets, environments & conditional logic

• End-to-end CI pipeline for a Python application

• Reusable workflows at scale

• Self-hosted GitHub runners

• GitHub runners on Kubernetes (ARC & Scale Sets)

• Kubernetes deployments using GitHub Actions

• Running Selenium tests in CI

• Custom runner images

• Helm integration and full delivery pipelines

• Creating & publishing custom GitHub Actions

Course Contents:

• GitHub Actions architecture

• Workflow triggers & events

• Multi-job & conditional workflows

• Artifacts & job dependencies

• Secrets, environments, and permissions

• Python CI with unit tests & coverage

• CodeQL & SonarCloud integration

• Docker image build & registry push

• Reusable workflow design patterns

• Self-hosted runners & scaling

• Kubernetes deployments with manifests

• Kubernetes Runner Controller (ARC)

• Selenium automation in CI

• Custom runner container images

• Helm chart lint, package & deploy

• Creating and publishing custom GitHub Actions

All sections of this course are demonstrated live, with the goal of encouraging enrolled users to set up their own environments, complete the exercises, and learn through hands-on experience!