aporquez / github-actions-demo

github-actions-demo

Prerequisites

• An Azure account with an active subscription.
• Visual Studio Code
• Azure CLI
• .NET 8.0 SDK

Setup Azure Environment

1. In your terminal, run:

   az login

   Copy the value of the id: field to a safe place. We'll call this AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID. Example:

   [
       {
       "environmentName": "AzureCloud",
       "homeTenantId": "ed9*****-****-4016-****-b***********0",
       "id": "d57*****-****-4ec3-****-ac8d84d029e2", # <-- Copy this id field
       "isDefault": true,
       "name": "ASD Lab",
       "state": "Enabled",
       "tenantId": "ed9*****-****-4016-****-b***********0",
       "user": {
           "name": "****.*****@******.com",
           "type": "user"
       }
       }
   ]

2. In your terminal, run the command below to create the resource group. You can also use the azure portal to create the resource.

   az group create --location $LOCATION --name $RESOURCE_GROUP --subscription $AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID

3. In your terminal, run the command below to create the Azure App Service Plan. You can also use the azure portal to create the resource.

   az appservice plan create --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --name $AZURE_APP_PLAN --is-linux --sku F1 --subscription $AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID

4. In your terminal, run the command below to create the Azure Web App. You can also use the azure portal to create the resource.

   az webapp create --resource-group $RESOURCE_GROUP --plan $AZURE_APP_PLAN --name $AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME -r "DOTNETCORE:8.0" --subscription $AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID

5. In your terminal, run the command below to create the Service Principal for deploying the app to the Azure App. Service. You can also use the azure portal to create the resource.

   az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "github-demo" --role contributor --scopes "/subscriptions/$AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID/resourceGroups/$RESOURCE_GROUP/providers/Microsoft.Web/sites/$AZURE_WEBAPP_NAME"

   Copy the entire contents of the command's response, we'll call this AZURE_CREDENTIALS. Example:

   {
     "clientId": "<GUID>",
     "clientSecret": "<GUID>",
     "subscriptionId": "<GUID>",
     "tenantId": "<GUID>",
     (...)
   }

Setup GitHub

1. Go to GitHub, click on this repository's Secrets and variables > Actions in the Settings tab.
2. Click New repository secret.
3. Name the secret AZURE_CREDENTIALS and paste the entire contents from the terminal command you entered previously.
4. Click Add secret