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Enterprise Server 3.15 is currently available as a release candidate.

Creating actions

You can create your own actions, use and customize actions shared by the GitHub community, or write and share the actions you build.

Note

GitHub-hosted runners are not currently supported on GitHub Enterprise Server. You can see more information about planned future support on the GitHub public roadmap.

About custom actions

Actions are individual tasks that you can combine to create jobs and customize your workflow. You can create your own actions, or use and customize actions shared by the GitHub community.

Creating a Docker container action

This guide shows you the minimal steps required to build a Docker container action.

Creating a JavaScript action

In this guide, you'll learn how to build a JavaScript action using the actions toolkit.

Creating a composite action

In this guide, you'll learn how to build a composite action.

Metadata syntax for GitHub Actions

You can create actions to perform tasks in your repository. Actions require a metadata file that uses YAML syntax.

Dockerfile support for GitHub Actions

When creating a Dockerfile for a Docker container action, you should be aware of how some Docker instructions interact with GitHub Actions and an action's metadata file.

Setting exit codes for actions

You can use exit codes to set the status of an action. GitHub displays statuses to indicate passing or failing actions.

Releasing and maintaining actions

You can leverage automation and open source best practices to release and maintain actions.