Deploying and monitoring Github Actions self-hosted runners
Introduction GitHub Actions is a powerful and flexible CI/CD platform that integrates seamlessly with GitHub repositories. The main benefits of Github Actions are listed below:
Native integration: GitHub Actions is built directly into GitHub, providing a seamless experience for setting up and managing workflows without needing external CI/CD tools. Trigger Workflows on GitHub Events: Workflows can be triggered by various GitHub events such as pushes, pull requests, releases, and more, making it easy to automate processes around your development workflow. Big community for custom actions: GitHub Actions Marketplace offers a wide range of pre-built actions created by the community, which can be integrated into your workflows to extend functionality without starting from scratch. Matrices: You can use matrices to run your tests and deployments across multiple environments, configurations, or versions, ensuring comprehensive testing coverage. GitHub Actions offers hosted runners that are easy to use and configure. However, there are multiple use cases when you need private connectivity to your internal workloads, you have strict data residency requirements or you need an OS not offered by GitHub hosted runners. In such scenarios, self-hosted runners provide an excellent alternative. Another advantage of self-hosted runners is that you do not pay any licensing relating costs, you only cover the costs of the infrastructure you host your runners on.
