GitHub Deployment Protection Rules Playground

This repository serves as a demo for enabling deployment protection rules for target environments.

For demo purposes, be sure to follow the steps below:

• Fork this repo to your organization: https://github.com/github-technology-partners/protection-rules-playground/fork
• Enable GitHub Pages (see GitHub Pages)
• Confirm Action workflow is running (see Deploy)
• Install GitHub demo application (see DPR Validator)
• Install your protection rule application (be sure to include any configuration specific to your application)
• Enable environment protection rules (see Protection Rules)
• Run the workflow to see your rules in action!

GitHub Pages

To enable GitHub Pages for a repository, visit settings/pages

1. Visit settings/pages
2. Under "Build and deployment" choose GitHub Actions
3. Settings are autosaved

Deploy

1. Click the Actions tab
2. Select "Deploy static content GitHub Pages" from the workflows list in the sidebar
3. Click "Run workflow" from a target branch (typically main)

DPR Validator

For this demo, we have an application that will always approve an incoming request.

1. Visit https://github.com/apps/dpr-validator
2. Click install
3. Choose the org you forked this repo into
4. Select "Only select repositories"
5. Choose the fork of this repo

Protection Rules

For demo purposes, be sure to configure the following:

1. Visit settings/environments
2. Select "github-pages"
3. Enable "Required reviewers" and choose a user from your organization
4. Enable a "Wait timer" with a time of 1 min
5. Enable "DPR Validator"
6. Enable your custom application
7. Click "Save protection rules"