Welcome to the comprehensive knowledge base for migrating CI/CD pipelines from various systems to GitHub Actions. This resource provides real-world examples, patterns, and best practices to help you successfully migrate your pipelines.
This knowledge base serves as the foundation for GitHub Copilot migration agents, providing them with standardized processes, security guidelines, and best practices to ensure consistent, high-quality migrations across all CI/CD systems.
Essential guides that define the standard migration process for all CI/CD systems:
The standard 5-phase process that all migrations follow:
- Source Requirement - Requesting and verifying source configuration files
- Analysis Phase - Understanding pipeline structure and dependencies
- Conversion Phase - Transforming to GitHub Actions workflows
- Validation Phase - Testing and verifying the conversion
- Documentation Phase - Creating comprehensive migration reports
Defines the mandatory deliverables and quality standards:
- Required workflow components and functionality
- Secret and variable migration requirements
- Validation and testing requirements
- File archival and cleanup protocols
- Migration completion checklist (10 items)
- Quality standards for documentation and code
Security standards, limitations, and enforcement rules:
- What migration agents DO and DON'T do
- Action selection and security criteria
- Action version verification process
- Secret management best practices
- Enforcement rules and compliance verification
Detailed mappings from source CI/CD syntax to GitHub Actions equivalents:
| System | Mapping Guide | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DroneCI | DroneCI to GitHub Actions Mapping | Commands, triggers, and configuration mappings |
Specific patterns for handling common migration scenarios:
| System | Pattern Guide | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DroneCI | Secrets Migration | Migrating secrets and environment variables from DroneCI |
Standard templates for documenting migrations:
| System | Report Template | Description |
|---|---|---|
| DroneCI | DroneCI Migration Report | Complete migration documentation template |
Migration agents reference this knowledge base to:
- Follow consistent processes - All agents use the same 5-phase workflow
- Apply security standards - Standardized action selection and security criteria
- Meet quality requirements - Consistent deliverables and validation standards
- Provide accurate mappings - CI-specific syntax conversions and patterns
- Generate complete documentation - Standardized migration reports
- GitHub Actions Documentation - Official GitHub Actions documentation
- GitHub Marketplace - Find verified actions for your workflows
As new CI/CD systems are supported and best practices evolve, this knowledge base is updated to reflect the latest standards and patterns. Each migration agent references these centralized documents to ensure consistency across all migrations.
This knowledge base is designed for use by GitHub Copilot migration agents to provide consistent, secure, and high-quality CI/CD migrations.