Automated Drupal Deployments to Acquia with GitHub Actions

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Salman Haider shared a detailed guide on Medium explaining how to automate Drupal deployments to Acquia Cloud using GitHub Actions. Aimed at improving efficiency and reducing manual errors, Salman outlines a production-grade workflow that triggers deployments automatically when a pull request to the main branch is closed or when manually triggered. The post covers setting up SSH access, configuring GitHub Secrets and Variables, and using the Acquia CLI for safe and consistent deployments.

Salman's workflow includes Composer installation, post-deployment Drush commands, and environment-specific handling for dev, test, and production stages. He emphasises secure practices like using SSH agents and blocking non-main-branch deployments to production, ensuring operational safety. The setup also offers optional integrations with Google Chat or Slack for deployment notifications, making it easy to track deployment status within team channels.

The article highlights the practical benefits of this approach: faster deployments, improved security, clean separation of environments, and reproducibility across the development pipeline. For teams managing Drupal projects on Acquia Cloud, this GitHub Actions setup offers a robust solution to move toward a more efficient, automated, and error-resistant CI/CD process.

Source Reference

Title

Automating Drupal Deployments to Acquia with GitHub Actions

Byline

Salman Haider

Date of Publication

21 April 2025

GitHub

Drupal

Composer

Drush

DevOps

Acquia

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