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GitHub Actions Complete Course

Workflow automation, runners, matrices, reusable pipelines, deployments, OIDC, supply-chain provenance, enterprise governance, and reliable CI/CD operations.

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Course brief

A comprehensive GitHub Actions curriculum from YAML workflow fundamentals to secure reusable delivery platforms, scalable runners, provenance, and enterprise automation.

This course is organized as a progressive operational curriculum. Lesson files are reserved in the repository structure so future content can be added without changing URLs or navigation.

By the end

You will be able to

  • Author reliable event-driven CI/CD workflows and reusable automation
  • Use matrices, artifacts, caches, environments, services, and runner strategies effectively
  • Secure workflows with least privilege, OIDC, pinned dependencies, and attestations
  • Operate self-hosted and autoscaled runner infrastructure
  • Design governed organization-wide delivery platforms with observability and cost controls

Complete syllabus

36 chapters in prerequisite order.

The structure moves from fundamentals through architecture, automation, security, reliability, troubleshooting, scaling, and production operations.

01

Chapter 1

GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD Concepts

5 lessons
01
GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD Concepts: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD Concepts: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD Concepts: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD Concepts: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
Open 05
Checkpoint Lab — GitHub Actions Foundations, Automation Model, and CI/CD ConceptsPublished lesson
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Chapter 2

Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and Actions

5 lessons
01
Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and Actions: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and Actions: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and Actions: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and Actions: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
Open 05
Checkpoint Lab — Workflow Files, YAML Structure, Jobs, Steps, and ActionsPublished lesson
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Chapter 3

Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository Dispatch

5 lessons
01
Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository Dispatch: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository Dispatch: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository Dispatch: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository Dispatch: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
Open 05
Checkpoint Lab — Events, Triggers, Filters, Schedules, Manual Runs, and Repository DispatchPublished lesson
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04

Chapter 4

Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation Semantics

5 lessons
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Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation Semantics: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation Semantics: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation Semantics: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation Semantics: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Contexts, Expressions, Functions, Conditionals, and Evaluation SemanticsPublished lesson
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Chapter 5

Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data Passing

5 lessons
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Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data Passing: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data Passing: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data Passing: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data Passing: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Environment Variables, Configuration Variables, Outputs, and Data PassingPublished lesson
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Chapter 6

GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API Access

5 lessons
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GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API Access: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API Access: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API Access: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API Access: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — GITHUB_TOKEN, Workflow Permissions, Least Privilege, and API AccessPublished lesson
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Chapter 7

Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential Hygiene

5 lessons
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Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential Hygiene: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential Hygiene: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential Hygiene: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential Hygiene: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Secrets, Environments, Variables, Redaction, and Credential HygienePublished lesson
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Chapter 8

GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime Behavior

5 lessons
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GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime Behavior: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime Behavior: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime Behavior: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime Behavior: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — GitHub-Hosted Runners, Images, Labels, Hardware, and Runtime BehaviorPublished lesson
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Chapter 9

Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational Security

5 lessons
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Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational Security: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational Security: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational Security: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational Security: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Self-Hosted Runners, Runner Groups, Isolation, and Operational SecurityPublished lesson
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Chapter 10

Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes Autoscaling

5 lessons
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Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes Autoscaling: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes Autoscaling: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes Autoscaling: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes Autoscaling: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Runner Scale Sets, Actions Runner Controller, and Kubernetes AutoscalingPublished lesson
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Chapter 11

Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment Serialization

5 lessons
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Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment Serialization: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment Serialization: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment Serialization: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment Serialization: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Job Dependencies, needs, Concurrency, Cancellation, and Deployment SerializationPublished lesson
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Chapter 12

Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test Design

5 lessons
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Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test Design: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test Design: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test Design: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test Design: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Matrix Strategies, Dynamic Matrices, Fail-Fast, and Parallel Test DesignPublished lesson
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Chapter 13

Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result Management

5 lessons
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Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result Management: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result Management: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result Management: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result Management: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Artifacts, Retention, Cross-Job Data, and Workflow Result ManagementPublished lesson
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Chapter 14

Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and Performance

5 lessons
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Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and Performance: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and Performance: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and Performance: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and Performance: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Dependency Caching, Cache Keys, Restore Strategies, and PerformancePublished lesson
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Chapter 15

Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test Environments

5 lessons
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Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test Environments: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test Environments: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test Environments: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test Environments: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Service Containers, Job Containers, Docker Builds, and Integration-Test EnvironmentsPublished lesson
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Chapter 16

Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and Nesting

5 lessons
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Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and Nesting: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and Nesting: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and Nesting: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and Nesting: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Reusable Workflows, workflow_call, Inputs, Secrets, Outputs, and NestingPublished lesson
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Chapter 17

Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom Automation

5 lessons
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Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom Automation: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom Automation: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom Automation: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom Automation: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Composite Actions, JavaScript Actions, Docker Actions, and Custom AutomationPublished lesson
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Chapter 18

Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse Architecture

5 lessons
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Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse Architecture: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse Architecture: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse Architecture: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse Architecture: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Workflow Templates, Organization Standards, YAML Anchors, and Reuse ArchitecturePublished lesson
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Chapter 19

Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment Gates

5 lessons
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Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment Gates: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment Gates: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment Gates: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment Gates: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Environments, Required Reviewers, Protection Rules, and Deployment GatesPublished lesson
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Chapter 20

OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless Deployment

5 lessons
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OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless Deployment: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless Deployment: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless Deployment: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless Deployment: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — OpenID Connect, Cloud Federation, Trust Policies, and Secretless DeploymentPublished lesson
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Chapter 21

Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency Governance

5 lessons
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Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency Governance: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency Governance: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency Governance: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency Governance: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Third-Party Actions, Commit-SHA Pinning, Marketplace Risk, and Dependency GovernancePublished lesson
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Chapter 22

Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted Code

5 lessons
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Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted Code: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted Code: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted Code: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted Code: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Secure Pull Requests, Forks, pull_request_target, and Untrusted CodePublished lesson
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Chapter 23

Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented Builds

5 lessons
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Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented Builds: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
Open 02
Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented Builds: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented Builds: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented Builds: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Artifact Attestations, SBOM Provenance, Verification, and SLSA-Oriented BuildsPublished lesson
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Chapter 24

Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and Coverage

5 lessons
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Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and Coverage: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and Coverage: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and Coverage: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and Coverage: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Continuous Integration Patterns for Build, Test, Lint, and CoveragePublished lesson
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Chapter 25

Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container Registries

5 lessons
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Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container Registries: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container Registries: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container Registries: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container Registries: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Release Automation, Tags, GitHub Releases, Packages, and Container RegistriesPublished lesson
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Chapter 26

Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes

5 lessons
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Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Kubernetes: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Continuous Delivery to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and KubernetesPublished lesson
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Chapter 27

Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment Workflows

5 lessons
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Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment Workflows: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment Workflows: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment Workflows: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment Workflows: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Infrastructure as Code, Terraform Plans, Policy Checks, and Deployment WorkflowsPublished lesson
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Chapter 28

Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective Pipelines

5 lessons
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Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective Pipelines: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective Pipelines: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
Open 03
Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective Pipelines: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective Pipelines: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Monorepos, Path Filters, Changed-File Detection, and Selective PipelinesPublished lesson
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Chapter 29

Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery Design

5 lessons
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Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery Design: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery Design: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery Design: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery Design: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Reusable Platform Pipelines, Golden Paths, and Organization-Wide Delivery DesignPublished lesson
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Chapter 30

Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and Observability

5 lessons
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Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and Observability: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and Observability: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and Observability: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and Observability: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Workflow Logs, Step Summaries, Debug Logging, Annotations, and ObservabilityPublished lesson
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Chapter 31

GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation Control

5 lessons
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GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation Control: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation Control: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation Control: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation Control: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — GitHub CLI, REST/GraphQL APIs, Workflow Dispatch, and Automation ControlPublished lesson
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Chapter 32

Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost Optimization

5 lessons
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Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost Optimization: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost Optimization: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost Optimization: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost Optimization: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Performance, Queue Time, Parallelism, Caching, Usage, and Cost OptimizationPublished lesson
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Chapter 33

Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe Automation

5 lessons
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Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe Automation: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe Automation: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe Automation: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
Open 04
Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe Automation: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Failure Recovery, Reruns, Idempotency, Rollbacks, and Incident-Safe AutomationPublished lesson
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Chapter 34

Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and Auditability

5 lessons
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Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and Auditability: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and Auditability: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and Auditability: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and Auditability: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Enterprise Policies, Allowed Actions, Runner Governance, and AuditabilityPublished lesson
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Chapter 35

GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and Modernization

5 lessons
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GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and Modernization: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and Modernization: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and Modernization: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and Modernization: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — GitHub Actions Importer, CI Migration, Compatibility, and ModernizationPublished lesson
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Chapter 36

Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD Platform

5 lessons
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Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD Platform: Core Concepts and Mental ModelPublished lesson
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Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD Platform: Guided Hands-On WorkflowPublished lesson
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Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD Platform: Configuration, Design Patterns, and Trade-OffsPublished lesson
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Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD Platform: Diagnostics, Failure Modes, and Production PracticesPublished lesson
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Checkpoint Lab — Capstone: Build a Secure Reusable Enterprise CI/CD PlatformPublished lesson
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