GitHub Actions and Azure App Service Deployment Testing

Deploying code is only half the battle; ensuring your automated pipeline runs smoothly and your live application behaves as expected is where software reliability begins. In this text-only course, you will learn how to monitor GitHub Actions workflows, troubleshoot deployment steps, and run functional tests against a live Python REST API hosted on Azure App Service. What you'll learn: - Understand the core concepts of CI/CD pipelines, GitHub Actions runners, and cloud deployment targets. - Monitor and debug workflow runs, analyzing step-by-step logs to identify build or deployment failures. - Configure secure environment variables and credentials using GitHub Secrets and Azure App Settings. - Verify live deployments by testing Python REST API endpoints using command-line tools and structured scripts. - Implement automated health checks to continuously monitor application uptime and performance. You will start with the foundational concepts of continuous integration and cloud hosting before moving on to configuring workflows, analyzing deployment logs, and executing structured validation tests against your live API. This course is designed for beginners in DevOps and cloud development who want practical skills in pipeline monitoring and API verification, with no advanced prerequisites required. Start reading today to confidently build, deploy, and verify your cloud applications.