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MS-AZ2006: Automate Azure Load Testing by using GitHub Actions
Course Code: MS-AZ2006
Learn how to implement GitHub Actions and configure Azure Load Testing to automate testing app deployments.
This course is designed for students who have some experience with Azure and GitHub. Specifically, the primary audience includes:
- Individuals familiar with creating resources in Azure.
- Those who have experience configuring Azure App Service and Azure Load Testing.
- Candidates who are comfortable authoring GitHub Actions workflows.
- Users with experience using Git and Visual Studio Code.
Before attending this course, delegates must have:
- Experience with GitHub and an understanding of pull requests, code merges, and other repository management practices.
- Experience creating resources in Azure.
After completion of this course, delegates will be able to:
- Create Workflows on GitHub: Learn how to author and manage workflows using GitHub Actions.
- Set Up Load Tests in Azure: Gain hands-on experience in configuring and running load tests using Azure Load Testing.
- Integrate Load Testing into CI/CD Pipelines: Understand how to incorporate load testing into continuous integration and continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure application performance and reliability.
- Optimize Application Performance: Identify and address performance bottlenecks to enhance the scalability and resilience of applications.
There is no Associated Certification or Exam for this course; however, there is an assessment to achieve your Applied Skills credential. (Assessment Link)
Modules
GitHub Actions is a powerful CI/CD platform that allows developers to automate their software development workflows. Learn how GitHub actions are implemented, how workflow files are structured, and how to control workflow execution.
Lessons
- Introduction
- Explore GitHub Actions
- Examine a workflow file
- Implement variables and scripts in a workflow
- Explore contexts and expressions in GitHub
- Manage secrets in GitHub
- Exercise - Create a workflow that validates code on a pull request
- Knowledge check
- Summary
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Describe the components of GitHub Actions.
- Implement variables and scripts in a workflow.
- Use contexts and expressions to manage workflow execution.
- Manage secrets in GitHub.
- Create and run a GitHub Actions workflow.
Learn how to use GitHub Actions for Azure in your workflows and configure Azure with the necessary security principals to automate software development workflows between GitHub and Azure.
Lessons
- Introduction.
- Explore GitHub Actions for Azure
- Discover authentication options for GitHub Actions for Azure
- Exercise - Use GitHub Actions for Azure to publish a web app to Azure App Service
- Knowledge check
- Summary
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Explain the benefits GitHub Actions for Azure
- Describe the different types of service principals
- Implement service principals and use them in your GitHub Actions for Azure workflows
- Use GitHub Actions for Azure to publish a web app to Azure App Service
Learn how to optimize application performance by simulating real-world loads with Azure Load Testing service. Learn how to automate load testing with GitHub Actions to ensure consistent application performance and scalability.
Lessons
- Introduction
- Explore Azure Load Testing
- Create and manage tests in Azure Load Testing
- Create a load test YAML configuration file
- Define fail criteria and AutoStop
- Configure secrets and environment variables
- Exercise - Automate Azure load testing using GitHub Actions
- Knowledge check
- Summary
By the end of this module, you'll be able to:
- Understand the components of Azure Load Testing.
- Create an Azure Load Testing resource.
- Configure service authentication to allow GitHub Actions to connect to your Azure load-testing resource.
- Add load test input files to your repository.
- Update the GitHub Action definition to invoke Azure Load Testing.