CI/CD for Databricks: Advanced Asset Bundles and GitHub Actions

Databricks Asset Bundles (DABs) provide a way to use the command line to deploy and run a set of Databricks assets — like notebooks, Python code, DLT pipelines and workflows. To automate deployments, you create a deployment pipeline that uses the power of DABs along with other validation steps to ensure high quality deployments.

In this session you will learn how to automate CI/CD processes for Databricks while following best practices to keep deployments easy to scale and maintain. After a brief explanation of why Databricks Asset Bundles are a good option for CI/CD, we will walk through a working project including advanced variables, target-specific overrides, linting, integration testing and automatic deployment upon code review approval. You will leave the session clear on how to build your first GitHub Action using DABs.