Learning GitHub Actions for DevOps CI/CD - Building Dockers with GitHub Actions

This lecture covers the process of using GitHub Actions to build and deploy Docker containers for a .NET application. It begins with an introduction to containers and the setup of necessary infrastructure on Azure, including a Container Registry and App Service. The lecture then demonstrates creating a .NET application and generating a Docker file using Visual Studio. A GitHub Action workflow is developed to automate the building and pushing of Docker images to Azure Container Registry. The session concludes with a successful deployment and a preview of the next lecture.

What is the role of the 'docker/setup-buildx' action in the workflow?

Discuss the importance of using lowercase for the repository name in the context of Docker.

What is the significance of the 'github.sha' value in tagging the Docker image?

How can you verify if the Docker image has been successfully pushed to Azure Container Registry?