Introduction
GitHub Actions is a native CI/CD (Continuous Integration and Continuous Deployment) automation framework tightly integrated with GitHub, enabling teams to define and run workflows directly from their repositories.
GitHub Actions empowers Cake engineers to build robust pipelines using simple YAML definitions, triggered by events like code pushes, pull requests, or scheduled jobs. GitHub actions builds container images, runs integration tests, and deploys infrastructure via Terraform at Cake. Key benefits include:
Native GitHub Integration: Seamlessly integrates with repositories, issues, and pull requests, enabling contextual CI/CD feedback and secure permissions management.
Flexible Workflow Definitions: Uses straightforward YAML syntax to define multi-step jobs across different OS environments, with support for conditionals, matrices, and reusable workflows.
Rich Marketplace Ecosystem: Leverages a growing marketplace of pre-built actions for tasks like Docker builds, Kubernetes deploys, Slack notifications, and more—accelerating workflow creation.
Built-in Secrets and Environment Management: Securely manages credentials, tokens, and environment configurations for safe, repeatable deployments and API integrations.
Scalable and Portable Automation: Runs in GitHub-hosted or self-hosted runners, supporting Cake’s use cases from open-source automation to secure internal infrastructure pipelines.