Learning GitHub Actions for DevOps CI/CD - GitHub Actions Store Your Secrets and Passwords Securely

The video tutorial explains the importance of securely handling secrets in GitHub workflows. It highlights the risks of storing sensitive information like passwords in source code and introduces GitHub's built-in feature for securely storing secrets. The tutorial demonstrates how to create repository secrets, access them in workflows, and use them as environment variables. It emphasizes GitHub's encryption methods to protect secrets and shows how to verify secret usage without exposing their values.

Why is it important to handle sensitive information securely in software development?

• To prevent unauthorized access to sensitive data

• To improve software performance

• To increase the speed of deployment

• To reduce software development costs

What is a major risk of storing passwords directly in source code?

• It can slow down the application

• It can increase the size of the repository

• It can cause syntax errors in the code

• It can lead to unauthorized access if the repository is compromised

What feature does GitHub provide to securely store sensitive information?

• GitHub Repositories

• GitHub Secrets

• GitHub Actions

• GitHub Pages

How does GitHub ensure that secrets remain encrypted?

• By using a third-party encryption service

• By storing them in plain text

• By using a libsodium sealed box

• By using a public key infrastructure

What happens to a secret's value once it is added in GitHub?

• It can be viewed by anyone with repository access

• It is automatically deleted after 30 days

• It is visible only to the repository owner

• It cannot be viewed but can be updated or deleted

How can secrets be accessed in a GitHub workflow?

• By storing them in a separate file

• By directly typing the secret value in the code

• By using a special GitHub API

• By using the keyword 'secrets' within double braces

What does GitHub do when a secret is echoed in a workflow?

• It logs the value in a separate file

• It sends an alert to the repository owner

• It replaces the value with asterisks

• It prints the actual value to the console