AZ-2006: Automate Azure Load Testing by using GitHub Actions

In this one-day course, students will learn how to create workflows on GitHub, create load tests in Azure, and use GitHub Actions for Azure to initiate load tests on deployments.

This course is for Developers.

Students should be familiar with creating resources in Azure, configuring Azure App Service and Azure Load Testing, and authoring GitHub Actions workflows. Candidates should have experience using Git and Visual Studio Code.

After completing this course, students will be able to:

• 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
• 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
• 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

Implement GitHub Actions

• Explore GitHub Actions
• Examine a workflow file
• Implement variables and scripts in a workflow
• Explore contexts and expressions in GitHub
• Manage secrets in GitHub
• Create a workflow that validates code on a pull request

Implement GitHub Actions for Azure

• Explore GitHub Actions for Azure
• Discover authentication options for GitHub Actions for Azure
• Use GitHub Actions for Azure to publish a web app to Azure App Service

Implement Azure Load Testing

• Explore Azure Load Testing5 min
• Create and manage tests in Azure Load Testing5 min
• Create a load test YAML configuration file4 min
• Define fail criteria and AutoStop5 min
• Configure secrets and environment variables5 min
• Exercise - Automate Azure load testing using GitHub Actions