DevOps Engineering Posts

GitHub Actions Importer - Automating CI/CD Pipeline Migration

Learn how to use GitHub Actions Importer to audit, forecast, and migrate pipelines from Jenkins, GitLab, and CircleCI.

•January 14, 2025

How to Schedule Workflows in GitHub Actions

A practical guide to scheduling GitHub Actions workflows with cron syntax, based on real-world experience and best practices

•January 12, 2025

GitHub Actions Outputs - Passing Data Between Jobs

In this post, we are going to explore how to share data across different workflow stages using job outputs-with examples and best practices to help you make your pipelines even more dynamic and efficient using GitHub Actions.

•January 10, 2025

GitHub Actions vs Jenkins - Which CI Tool is Best for Your Workflow?

A practical comparison of GitHub Actions and Jenkins based on real-world experience, helping you choose the right CI tool for your needs

•January 8, 2025

GitHub Actions Cache - A Complete Guide with Examples

Learn how to effectively use caching in GitHub Actions to speed up your CI/CD pipelines

•December 20, 2024

DORA Metrics for CI

We'll explore how CubeScore™️'s North Star Metrics for CI compare to traditional DORA Metrics, and why CI needs its own set of metrics to optimize pipelines.

•October 7, 2024

Controlling Job Execution with Conditions in GitHub Actions

In this blog post, we’ll explore how to effectively use conditions to control job execution, along with examples that demonstrate common scenarios.

•October 4, 2024

Understanding "working-directory" in GitHub Actions

•October 4, 2024

Understanding Matrix Builds in GitHub Actions

In this post, we are going to dive into details on how to define and customize matrix strategies for your workflows, with some practical examples, so that your continuous integration/continuous deployment pipelines are tuned.

•October 3, 2024

How to Use Secrets in GitHub Actions Workflows

In this article, we'll look at how to leverage and manage the use of secrets within GitHub Actions and how one can securely store and use sensitive data to keep the workflows safe and efficient.

•October 3, 2024

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What Makes a Software Delivery Team Elite? North Star Metrics for CI Workflows

We explore the key metrics that define elite software delivery teams and how to track and improve them.

•October 2, 2024

How to Use ENV variables in GitHub Actions

Learn wanted to share a quick overview of how we can efficiently store and utilize variables in our GitHub Actions workflows

How to Use the workflow_dispatch Event for Manual Triggers

Learn how to configure workflows that are more flexible and suited to manual intervention for critical tasks like production deployments and database migrations.

How to access GitHub Actions Contexts

Learn how to effectively access and use contextual information in GitHub Actions workflows, with practical examples for managing workflow runs, jobs, and steps using contexts like github, env, and matrix.

Understanding Reusable Workflows in GitHub Actions

This guide explains how to avoid duplication in GitHub Actions workflows by reusing existing workflows. Reusable workflows allow for simplified maintenance and faster creation of new workflows by building on previous work.

How to Run Jobs in Parallel with GitHub Actions

Learn how to optimize your CI/CD pipelines by running jobs in parallel using GitHub Actions. This guide covers running independent jobs, managing dependent workflows, and executing a single workflow across multiple environments and operating systems.

•September 30, 2024

How to Optimize Docker Builds with Cache Management in GitHub Actions

Learn how to optimize Docker builds with GitHub Actions by using various caching strategies like inline, registry, and GitHub Cache API. Speed up your CI/CD pipelines with practical examples and tips.

•September 30, 2024

Tracking CI Metrics for Better Workflow Performance

Learn how elite software teams improve their GitHub Actions workflows, and explore how CICube helps monitor and enhance performance with real-time metrics and insights.

•September 30, 2024