Company
Date Published
Author
Rose Chege
Word count
2050
Language
English
Hacker News points
None

Summary

The article provides a comprehensive guide on automating CI/CD workflows using GitHub Actions in conjunction with Docker and AWS ECR. It outlines the steps to seamlessly integrate these technologies to automate testing, building, and deploying applications. The tutorial includes setting up an AWS IAM user for managing access, creating a Dockerfile for a sample Node.js application, configuring GitHub repository secrets, and writing a GitHub Actions YAML file to handle the workflow. It emphasizes the power of GitHub Actions for orchestrating development workflows and the efficiency of AWS ECR as a managed container registry. The guide concludes by suggesting the use of Earthly for improving CI/CD pipeline reliability and build speeds.