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Welcome to the 10 Days of GitHub Actions series! This is a hands-on journey to master CI/CD using GitHub Actions — from the basics to deploying apps on AWS.

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🚀 10 Days of GitHub Actions (upcoming)

Welcome to the 10 Days of GitHub Actions series!
This is a hands-on journey to master CI/CD using GitHub Actions — from the basics to deploying apps on AWS.

Whether you're a beginner or a dev looking to automate your workflow, this repo will guide you step-by-step with real examples, diagrams, and deployment scripts.

📅 What You'll Learn

Day Topic
1️⃣ Introduction to GitHub Actions & Your First Workflow
2️⃣ Workflow Anatomy – Jobs, Steps, Runners
3️⃣ GitHub-Hosted vs Self-Hosted Runners
4️⃣ Running GitHub Actions Locally (act)
5️⃣ Using Secrets & Caching in Workflows
6️⃣ Build and Push Docker Images to AWS ECR
7️⃣ Deploy to AWS EC2 with GitHub Actions
8️⃣ Deploy a Static Site to AWS S3 + CloudFront
9️⃣ CI/CD with AWS ECS (Fargate)
🔟 Reusable Workflows, Matrix Builds & Final Wrap-Up

📂 Repository Structure

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├── .github
│   └── workflows          # All workflow YAML files
├── docs
│   └── day-01.md to day-10.md  # Learning notes per day
├── flows
│   └── diagrams           # Drawings and architecture flows
├── aws-scripts
│   └── deploy.sh, ecs.json, etc.
├── app/                   # Sample app for testing CI/CD
└── README.md

📺 Follow the Series

Each day includes:

  • ✅ GitHub commit with code & workflow
  • 🎥 YouTube video walkthrough
  • ✍️ LinkedIn carousel/post for deeper explanation

📌 YouTube Playlist: Coming Soon

📌 LinkedIn Posts: #10DaysOfGitHubActions

🛠 Prerequisites

  • A GitHub account
  • Basic terminal/Git knowledge
  • AWS account (for deploy days)
  • Docker installed (optional but useful)
  • Node.js or Python installed (depending on sample app)

🔐 AWS Credentials Setup (for Days 6-9)

Store these as GitHub Secrets:

Secret Name Description
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID Your AWS Access Key
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Your AWS Secret Key
AWS_REGION e.g., us-east-1

🙌 Contributing

Want to improve this repo or translate it? Feel free to open issues or pull requests!

git clone https://github.com/yourusername/10-days-of-github-actions.git
cd 10-days-of-github-actions

📜 License

MIT License.
You can copy, remix, or use any workflow shown here. Just give credit where it's due. 💛

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