Power Platform GCC DevOps Sample

This is a sample repository to show how to use GitHub Actions with the Power Platform in GCC. Full documentation on the Power Platform GitHub Actions can be found below,

https://github.com/microsoft/powerplatform-actions

Sample Power Platform GitHub Action examples can be found below,

https://github.com/microsoft/powerplatform-actions-lab/tree/main/sample-workflows

Setting up your Power Platform Environment

1. You will need an O365 tenant with a Power Apps license
2. Create three Power Platform environments. Save each environment URL for the GitHub setup. You can get the environment URL from the Power Platform Admin Center

• Development Environment
• Build Environment
• Production Environment

3. Create an Azure Active Directory (AAD) Application and create a secret credential to authenticate with

• Save the client id, tenant id and app secret for the GitHub setup

4. In Power Platform Admin Center, add the AAD Application as an Application User and assign it a role for each environment you previously created

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/power-platform/admin/manage-application-users

Setting up your GitHub Repository

1. Clone this repository
2. Create the following Action Secrets in your repository

• AAD_CLIENT_ID
• AAD_TENANT_ID
• AAD_APP_SECRET
• DEV_ENVIRONMENT_URL
• BUILD_ENVIRONMENT_URL
• PROD_ENVIRONMENT_URL

Testing the Export Solution GitHub Action

1. Create a new solution file in the Development environment you created.
2. Update the export-hello-world-solution action to match the actual SOLUTION_NAME
3. Run the GitHub Action to export the solution file into your GitHub repo
4. Submit a Pull Request to merge the branched unpacked solution file into your main branch

Testing the Release Solution GitHub Action

1. Update the release-hello-world action to match the actual SOLUTION_NAME you want to publish
2. Create a new release in your repository
3. Watch the action complete
4. Go into your Power Platform Production environment and verify the solution was deployed