This guide will help you set up a continuous deployment (CD) pipeline for deploying your project to the Internet Computer using GitHub Actions. The pipeline is defined in a file named cd.yml.

• You need to have a GitHub account and a repository where your project is stored.
• You need to have the DFINITY Canister SDK (dfx) installed on your machine. If you don't have it installed, you can download it from the DFINITY SDK documentation page.

1. Create a GitHub Actions Workflow

   In your GitHub repository, create a new file under .github/workflows/ named cd.yml and paste the provided code into it.

2. Add a Secret Token in GitHub

   The cd.yml file references a secret named DFX_IDENTITY. This secret should contain your exported identity file in base64 format.

   To add this secret:

   • Go to your GitHub repository and click on Settings.
   • Click on Secrets in the left sidebar.
   • Click on New repository secret.
   • Enter DFX_IDENTITY as the name.
   • For the value, you need to provide your exported identity file in base64 format. Follow the next step to create this.

3. Export and Encode Your Identity

   You can export your identity using the dfx command-line tool with the following command:

   dfx identity export identityname > exported_identity.pem

   Replace identityname with the name of your identity. Be careful with storing this file as it is not protected with your password.

   To convert this file into base64 format, you can use the base64 command:

   base64 exported_identity.pem

   This will output a base64-encoded string. Copy this string and paste it as the value for the DFX_IDENTITY secret in GitHub.

4. Push to Master

   Once you have set up the cd.yml file and added the DFX_IDENTITY secret, you can trigger the CD pipeline by pushing to the master branch of your repository. The pipeline will automatically deploy your project to the Internet Computer.