GitHub Actions Kubernetes Pipeline#

# .github/workflows/deploy.yml
name: Build and Deploy

on:
  push:
    branches: [main]
  workflow_dispatch:
    inputs:
      environment:
        description: "Target environment"
        required: true
        type: choice
        options: [dev, staging, production]

env:
  REGISTRY: ghcr.io
  IMAGE_NAME: ${{ github.repository }}

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    permissions:
      contents: read
      packages: write
    outputs:
      image-tag: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.version }}
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Log in to GHCR
        uses: docker/login-action@v3
        with:
          registry: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}
          username: ${{ github.actor }}
          password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}

      - name: Extract metadata
        id: meta
        uses: docker/metadata-action@v5
        with:
          images: ${{ env.REGISTRY }}/${{ env.IMAGE_NAME }}
          tags: |
            type=sha,prefix=
            type=ref,event=branch

      - name: Build and push
        uses: docker/build-push-action@v6
        with:
          context: .
          push: true
          tags: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.tags }}
          labels: ${{ steps.meta.outputs.labels }}

  validate:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: build
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install Helm
        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4

      - name: Helm lint
        run: helm lint ./charts/my-app -f charts/my-app/values.yaml

      - name: Install kubeconform
        run: |
          curl -sL https://github.com/yannh/kubeconform/releases/latest/download/kubeconform-linux-amd64.tar.gz \
            | tar xz -C /usr/local/bin

      - name: Validate rendered templates
        run: |
          helm template my-app ./charts/my-app \
            --set image.tag=${{ needs.build.outputs.image-tag }} \
            | kubeconform -strict -summary \
              -kubernetes-version 1.29.0

  deploy-dev:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [build, validate]
    if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'
    environment: dev
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install Helm
        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4

      - name: Set up kubeconfig
        run: |
          mkdir -p ~/.kube
          echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG_DEV }}" | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
          chmod 600 ~/.kube/config

      - name: Deploy with Helm
        run: |
          helm upgrade --install my-app ./charts/my-app \
            --namespace my-app-dev \
            --create-namespace \
            -f charts/my-app/values-dev.yaml \
            --set image.tag=${{ needs.build.outputs.image-tag }} \
            --wait --timeout 300s

      - name: Verify deployment
        run: kubectl rollout status deployment/my-app -n my-app-dev --timeout=120s

  deploy-staging:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [build, validate, deploy-dev]
    environment: staging
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install Helm
        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4

      - name: Set up kubeconfig
        run: |
          mkdir -p ~/.kube
          echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG_STAGING }}" | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
          chmod 600 ~/.kube/config

      - name: Deploy with Helm
        run: |
          helm upgrade --install my-app ./charts/my-app \
            --namespace my-app-staging \
            --create-namespace \
            -f charts/my-app/values-staging.yaml \
            --set image.tag=${{ needs.build.outputs.image-tag }} \
            --wait --timeout 300s

  deploy-production:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    needs: [build, validate, deploy-staging]
    environment: production
    steps:
      - uses: actions/checkout@v4

      - name: Install Helm
        uses: azure/setup-helm@v4

      - name: Set up kubeconfig
        run: |
          mkdir -p ~/.kube
          echo "${{ secrets.KUBECONFIG_PROD }}" | base64 -d > ~/.kube/config
          chmod 600 ~/.kube/config

      - name: Deploy with Helm
        run: |
          helm upgrade --install my-app ./charts/my-app \
            --namespace my-app-prod \
            --create-namespace \
            -f charts/my-app/values-production.yaml \
            --set image.tag=${{ needs.build.outputs.image-tag }} \
            --wait --timeout 300s