CI/CD Pipeline

🎯 Goal

Create a static HTML website and establish version control using Git and GitHub to prepare for automated deployment to Azure with nginx.

📋 Prerequisites

Before beginning this exercise, you should:

• Have VS Code installed on your local machine
• Have Git installed and working in your terminal
• Have created a free GitHub account at github.com
• Understand basic command line navigation

📚 Learning Objectives

By the end of this exercise, you will:

🎯 Goal

Implement automated deployment of your static website to an Azure VM running nginx using GitHub Actions and a self-hosted runner.

📋 Prerequisites

Before beginning this exercise, you should:

• Have completed Exercise 1 (Git repository with HTML website)
• Have an active Azure subscription
• Have Azure CLI installed and configured locally
• Understand basic Linux commands and SSH

📚 Learning Objectives

By the end of this exercise, you will:

• Provision an Azure VM with nginx using infrastructure as code
• Configure a self-hosted GitHub Actions runner on the VM
• Create a GitHub Actions workflow for automated deployment
• Implement continuous deployment triggered by git push
• Understand systemd services for runner management
• Add health checks and rollback capabilities

🔍 Why This Matters

In real-world applications, CI/CD pipelines are crucial because: