.NET Core 8 CI/CD to Azure App Service with GitHub Actions
Overview Deploying .NET Core 8 APIs manually is error-prone. Here’s how to set up a production-grade GitHub Actions pipeline that deploys to Azure App Service with zero downtime on every push to main. Prerequisites Azure App Service (Free or Basic tier) GitHub repository with your .NET Core 8 API Azure Service Principal or Publish Profile The GitHub Actions Workflow Create .github/workflows/deploy.yml: name: Deploy to Azure App Service on: push: branches: [ main ] jobs: build-and-deploy: runs-on: ubuntu-latest steps: - uses: actions/checkout@v4 - name: Setup .NET uses: actions/setup-dotnet@v4 with: dotnet-version: '8.0.x' - name: Restore dependencies run: dotnet restore - name: Build run: dotnet build --configuration Release --no-restore - name: Test run: dotnet test --no-build --verbosity normal - name: Publish run: dotnet publish -c Release -o ./publish - name: Deploy to Azure uses: azure/webapps-deploy@v3 with: app-name: ${{ secrets.AZURE_APP_NAME }} publish-profile: ${{ secrets.AZURE_PUBLISH_PROFILE }} package: ./publish Setting Up Secrets In GitHub → Settings → Secrets: ...