Automate container deployments using GitHub Actions

This session is the second episode of How to use Azure to kickstart your DevOps lifecycle series.

1st Episode can be found here: https://www.meetup.com/Microsoft-Reactor-London/events/283259798/?isFirstPublish=true

This series provides an introduction to the cloud services commonly used by developers and teams. It is perfect for those early career or who want to learn more about DevOps and cloud processes.

What is this session about?
In the second session of this series we will recap on the previous development completed so far and what cloud services have been used. We will then introduce Continuous Integration / Continuous Delivery (CI/CD). We will use GitHub Actions to create a delivery pipeline and automate a number of manual steps and changes to the application code.

Who is it aimed at?
Early in Career

Why should you attend?
To learn the basics of CI/CD and why it is important to include it within your workflow.

Any prerequisites
Basic understanding of software development and cloud concepts

Speaker Bio

Liam Hampton – Cloud Advocate, Microsoft UK

Liam is a Cloud Advocate for Microsoft, UK. He uses his wealth of knowledge to create fun and engaging developer content, blogs, workshops, events and speaking engagements. Liam has previous professional experience as a Software Developer working on and contributing to open source projects, mentoring global teams and leading local developer initiatives. He also holds a number of professional cloud certifications and was previously part of a team that reached the global finals of IBM Call for Code with an AI project. Liam now focuses his work around DevOps, IoT, serverless compute and containerisation.

Connect with Liam

Twitter: https://twitter.com/liamchampton
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/liam-conroy-hampton/