Learning GitHub Actions for DevOps CI/CD - Understanding the Need of Infrastructure as Code

The video tutorial explores automating infrastructure deployment in Microsoft Azure using Infrastructure as Code (IaC). It highlights the challenges of manual deployment, such as inconsistency and errors, and introduces IaC as a solution. IaC ensures consistency and reliability by using DevOps practices and versioning. The tutorial focuses on implementing IaC with BICEP, a modern tool, and outlines the steps to create and test a parameterized BICEP template. It also covers setting up GitHub Actions for automated deployment in Azure.

What is one major issue with manual infrastructure deployment?

• It can lead to software and hardware discrepancies.

• It is too fast to manage.

• It is cost-effective.

• It ensures consistency across environments.

What is the primary solution to the challenges of manual deployment discussed in the video?

• Manual scripting

• Hiring more staff

• Infrastructure as Code

• Using a different cloud provider

Which principle ensures that a deployment command always results in the same configuration?

• Scalability

• Idempotency

• Flexibility

• Redundancy

What is a key benefit of using Infrastructure as Code?

• It decreases consistency.

• It speeds up the delivery cycle.

• It increases manual errors.

• It requires more manual configuration.

Which tool is highlighted as modern and straightforward for implementing IaC?

• Puppet

• Terraform

• ARM

• BICEP

What is the first step in the plan for implementing IaC using BICEP?

• Identifying the software tool

• Deploying resources manually

• Writing a GitHub Action Workflow

• Setting up authentication

What is the purpose of the GitHub Action Workflow in the IaC implementation plan?

• To execute the infrastructure deployment template

• To manually configure resources

• To write code documentation

• To create a new Azure subscription