Menu

Virtual Geek

Tales from real IT system administrators world and non-production environment

Blog posts : "github actions"

Azure OIDC OpenID Connect password less with GitHub Actions

This documentation describes in what way to organize GitHub Actions to authenticate with Microsoft Azure Entra ID using OpenID Connect (OIDC) for secure and automated deployments to Azure. This guide covers key ideas like credentials, federated identity, and customer-managed keys for data encryptio…

Read more

Part 4.2 GitHub Actions manage Microsoft Azure Cloud with az CLI

In this article, I will guide through the procedure of securely keeping Azure credentials in GitHub Actions Repository Secrets and using them to authenticate with Azure CLI commands. This enables the execution of GitHub Actions workflows, automating various tasks and deployments in Azure. By storing…

Read more

Part 4.1 GitHub Actions deploy azure resources with PowerShell

After successfully configuring and setting up Azure and Terraform in GitHub Actions, I embarked on a Proof of Concept (POC) to automate PowerShell scripts (Azure az module) using GitHub Actions. I meticulously automated all the job steps using PowerShell, with a primary focus on utilizing credential…

Read more

Part 4 GitHub Actions deploy azure resources with Terraform backend

In this section, I'm leveraging the azurerm backend to keep the Terraform state (tfstate) file in an Azure Storage Account. This will make sure that the Terraform state is centralized and consistent across different environments and team members. Every time I push changes to my Terraform configurat…

Read more

Part 3 Automating and Planning Azure Resources with Terraform and GitHub Actions

GitHub Actions is a CI/CD tool that automates tasks and workflows within your repository. It lets you to create custom workflows, trigger actions, and keep sensitive information securely. Common use cases include automating testing, deployment, and code quality checks. You can also use GitHub Actio…

Read more

5 blog posts

Blog Search

Page Views

12086168

Follow me on Blogarama