Bringing Enterprise-Level Security and Even More Power to GitHub-hosted Runners

Summary

GitHub has introduced Azure private networking for GitHub-hosted runners, enhancing enterprise security and power. This allows for secure access to private resources and enables network security policies for GitHub-hosted runners. Additionally, new runner SKUs, including GPU runners, are now available to support various use cases like machine learning and game development.

Highlights

Today, we unveil the next chapter by generalizing Azure private networking, ensuring all runner tiers, starting from our 2-vCPU runners, now support auto-scaling, static IPs and private networking capabilities. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01htxzsrn04h826pew156tqqn9))

We are excited to announce that Azure private networking for GitHub-hosted runners is now generally available. This feature allows you to run your actions workflows on GitHub-hosted runners that are connected to your Azure virtual network, without compromising on security or performance. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01htxzt1rsaevpxfvzh0j6ectm))

With Azure private networking, you can easily create GitHub-hosted runners that are provisioned within your Azure virtual network and subnet of choice. Thereafter, your actions workflows can securely access Azure services like storage accounts, databases, and on-premises data sources, such as an artifactory through existing, pre-configured connections like VPN gateways and ExpressRoutes. ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01htxzv3n1bmyqjp2xk6sa8h1p))

Any existing or new networking policies, such as Network Security Group (NSG) or firewall rules, will automatically apply to GitHub-hosted runners ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01htxzvmm67ep0tfkxpcsj90e8))

Azure private networking is now supported with the GitHub Team plan, in addition to the GitHub Enterprise Cloud plan ([View Highlight] (https://read.readwise.io/read/01htxzw5majg2py6eknnrnv78t))