Automate Azure Load Testing by using GitHub Actions (AZ-2006)

Course Objectives
• Implement GitHub Actions components to automate workflows.
• Manage variables, contexts, and secrets in GitHub for secure workflow execution.
• Use GitHub Actions to publish web apps to Azure App Service.
• Create and configure Azure Load Testing resources.
• Integrate load test input files into GitHub repositories and workflows.
• Automate Azure Load Testing execution using GitHub Actions.

Target Audience
• Azure Developer
• Software Developer

Prerequisites Required:
• Experience with GitHub and an understanding of pull requests, code merges, and other repository management practices.
• Experience creating resources in Azure. 

Course Outline

1) Implement GitHub Actions
• 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
• Lab: Create a workflow that validates code on a pull request

2) Implement GitHub Actions for Azure
• 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
• Lab: Use GitHub Actions for Azure to publish a web app to Azure App Service

3) Implement Azure Load Testing
• 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
• Lab: Automate Azure load testing using GitHub Actions