This GitHub Action automates the deployment of a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack on an Azure Virtual Machine (VM). The action provisions the VM and deploys the LAMP stack using an ARM template and parameter file.

Note: Please install the Configure-Azure-Settings app from the GitHub Marketplace to populate the below inputs as secrets in your repository

• client-id (required): Client ID used for Azure login.
• tenant-id (required): Tenant ID used for Azure login.
• subscription-id (required): Azure subscription ID used with the az login.
• resource-group-name (required): Resource group where Azure resources will be deployed.

Set these values as secrets on your repo where the workflow runs:

• admin-username (required): Admin username to login to the VM.

  Username must only contain letters, numbers, hyphens, and underscores and may not start with a hyphen or number. Usernames must not include reserved words. The value is in between 1 and 64 characters long.

• admin-password (required): Admin password to login to the VM.

  Password must have 3 of the following: 1 lower case character, 1 upper case character, 1 number, and 1 special character. The value must be between 12 and 72 characters long.

Create this workflow in your repo on this path: .github/workflows/workflow_file.yml

name: workflow to deploy lamp stack on azure

on:
  push:
    branches:
      - main
  pull_request:
    branches:
      - main
  workflow_dispatch:

permissions:
  id-token: write
  contents: read

jobs:
  deploy-resources-to-azure:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    steps:
        - name: Checkout master
          uses: actions/checkout@v3
          
        - name: Deploy a LAMP VM to Azure action
          uses: Azure/LAMPStack-Azure-VirtualMachine@v2
          with:
            client-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_CLIENT_ID }}
            tenant-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_TENANT_ID }}
            subscription-id: ${{ secrets.AZURE_SUBSCRIPTION_ID }}
            resource-group-name: ${{secrets.AZURE_RG}}
            admin-username: ${{secrets.ADMIN_USERNAME}}
            admin-password: ${{secrets.ADMIN_PASSWORD}}

The action creates a VM which can be viewed on portal.azure.com and provides information about the deployed VM, including the VM name, location, and VM size.