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## Automate your GitHub workflows using Azure Actions
[GitHub Actions](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-github-actions) gives you the flexibility to build an automated software development lifecycle workflow. With [GitHub Actions for Azure](https://github.com/Azure/actions/) you can create workflows that you can set up in your repository to build, test, package, release and **deploy** to Azure.
[GitHub Actions](https://help.github.com/en/articles/about-github-actions) gives you the flexibility to build an automated software development lifecycle workflow.
With [GitHub Actions for Azure](https://github.com/Azure/actions/) you can create workflows that you can set up in your repository to build, test, package, release and **deploy** to Azure.
# GitHub Action for Azure Login
With the Azure login Action, you can automate your workflow to do an Azure login using [Azure service principal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/app-objects-and-service-principals) and run Az CLI scripts.
With the Azure login Action, you can automate your workflow to do an Azure login using [Azure service principal](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/azure/active-directory/develop/app-objects-and-service-principals) and run Az CLI and Azure PowerShell scripts.
By default, only az cli login will be done. In addition to az cli, you can login using Az module to run Azure PowerShell scripts by setting enable-AzPSSession to true.
Get started today with a [free Azure account](https://azure.com/free/open-source)!
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## Configure Azure credentials:
## Sample workflow that uses Azure login action to run Azure PowerShell
To fetch the credentials required to authenticate with Azure, run the following command to generate an Azure Service Principal (SPN) with Contributor permissions:
```yaml
```sh
az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "myApp" --role contributor \
# File: .github/workflows/workflow.yml
on: [push]
name: AzurePowerShellLoginSample
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Login via Az module
uses: azure/login@v1.1
with:
creds: ${{secrets.AZURE_CREDENTIALS}}
enable-AzPSSession: true
- run: |
Get-AzVM -ResourceGroupName "ResourceGroup11"
```
Refer [Azure PowerShell](https://github.com/azure/powershell) Github action to run your Azure PowerShell scripts.
## Configure deployment credentials:
For any credentials like Azure Service Principal, Publish Profile etc add them as [secrets](https://help.github.com/en/articles/virtual-environments-for-github-actions#creating-and-using-secrets-encrypted-variables) in the GitHub repository and then use them in the workflow.
The above example uses user-level credentials i.e., Azure Service Principal for deployment.
Follow the steps to configure the secret:
* Define a new secret under your repository settings, Add secret menu
* Store the output of the below [az cli](https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/?view=azure-cli-latest) command as the value of secret variable, for example 'AZURE_CREDENTIALS'
```bash
az ad sp create-for-rbac --name "myApp" --role contributor \
--scopes /subscriptions/{subscription-id}/resourceGroups/{resource-group} \
--sdk-auth
# Replace {subscription-id}, {resource-group} with the subscription, resource group details of your keyvault
# Replace {subscription-id}, {resource-group} with the subscription, resource group details
# The command should output a JSON object similar to this:
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"tenantId": "<GUID>",
(...)
}
```
* Now in the workflow file in your branch: `.github/workflows/workflow.yml` replace the secret in Azure login action with your secret (Refer to the example above)
# Azure Login metadata file
```yaml
# action.yml
# Login to Azure subscription
name: 'Azure Login'
description: 'AuthenticatetoAzureandrunyourAzCLIorAzPowerShellbasedActionsorscripts.github.com/Azure/Actions'
inputs:
creds:
description: 'Paste output of `az ad sp create-for-rbac` as value of secret variable: AZURE_CREDENTIALS'
required: true
enable-AzPSSession:
description: 'SetthisvaluetotruetoenableAzurePowerShellLogininadditiontoAzCLIlogin'
required: false
default: false
branding:
icon: 'login.svg'
color: 'blue'
runs:
using: 'node12'
main: 'lib/main.js'
```
Add the json output as [a secret](https://aka.ms/create-secrets-for-GitHub-workflows) (let's say with the name `AZURE_CREDENTIALS`) in the GitHub repository.
# Contributing