Configuring workflows in GitHub Actions

All components of GitHub can be configured through YAML file. In this section, I will explain how the GitHub Actions configuration file is organized to help you understand its functionality.

The YAML files are placed in the .github/workflows directory of our repository. These files, known as workflow files, define the scenarios of our CI/CD pipelines.

A typical GitHub Actions workflow configuration file consists of several key sections:

• name: A human-readable name for the workflow.
• on: Specifies the event(s) that trigger the workflow.
• jobs: Defines the jobs that make up the workflow. Each job runs on a runner environment specified by runs-on.
• steps: Within each job, steps are executed sequentially. Steps can run commands, set up tasks, or perform an action in your repository, a public repository, or an action published in a Docker registry.
• env: Allows you to set environment variables for all steps in a job.
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