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C · Speed & Scale · intermediate · Week 5–6 · Chapter 8 of 12

Environments, deployments & approvals

GitHub Environments model staging and production. Protection rules, required reviewers, deployment branches.

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Create environments

Settings → Environments → staging, production. Different secrets per env.

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Create staging environment. Add STAGING_URL secret.

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Chapter learning outcomes
  • Environment config
  • Deployment jobs
  • Protection rules
  • Deployment history

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Preview deploy

Optional: deploy PR preview with environment or third-party action.