CV0-004 Deployment Practice Question
A company uses GitHub Actions to build and deploy a microservices application. They want to automate the deployment to a Kubernetes cluster only when changes are pushed to the main branch. Which GitHub Actions event trigger should be used in the workflow?
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Correct answer & explanation
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on: push: branches: [ main ]
The 'push' event with branch filters triggers on pushes to main. 'pull_request' triggers on PR events; 'schedule' triggers on a cron; 'workflow_dispatch' triggers manually.
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on: workflow_dispatch:
Why it's wrong here
Manual trigger only.
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on: push: branches: [ main ]
Why this is correct
Correct. Runs workflow on push to main branch.
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on: schedule: - cron: '0 0 * * *'
Why it's wrong here
Scheduled trigger, not event-driven.
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on: pull_request: branches: [ main ]
Why it's wrong here
Triggers on pull request events, not pushes.
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