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Learning path to help enterprises adopt Actions (#22513)

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## Overview
{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} help you automate tasks within your software development life cycle. {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} are event-driven, meaning that you can run a series of commands after a specified event has occurred. For example, every time someone creates a pull request for a repository, you can automatically run a command that executes a software testing script.
{% data reusables.actions.about-actions %} {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} are event-driven, meaning that you can run a series of commands after a specified event has occurred. For example, every time someone creates a pull request for a repository, you can automatically run a command that executes a software testing script.
This diagram demonstrates how you can use {% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} to automatically run your software testing scripts. An event automatically triggers the _workflow_, which contains a _job_. The job then uses _steps_ to control the order in which _actions_ are run. These actions are the commands that automate your software testing.
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{% ifversion ghae %}A runner is a server that has the [{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} runner application](https://github.com/actions/runner) installed. For {% data variables.product.prodname_ghe_managed %}, you can use the security hardened {% data variables.actions.hosted_runner %}s which are bundled with your instance in the cloud. A runner listens for available jobs, runs one job at a time, and reports the progress, logs, and results back to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. {% data variables.actions.hosted_runner %}s run each workflow job in a fresh virtual environment. For more information, see "[About {% data variables.actions.hosted_runner %}s](/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-ae-hosted-runners)."
{% else %}
A runner is a server that has the [{% data variables.product.prodname_actions %} runner application](https://github.com/actions/runner) installed. You can use a runner hosted by {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}, or you can host your own. A runner listens for available jobs, runs one job at a time, and reports the progress, logs, and results back to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners are based on Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS, and each job in a workflow runs in a fresh virtual environment. For information on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners](/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners)." If you need a different operating system or require a specific hardware configuration, you can host your own runners. For information on self-hosted runners, see "[Hosting your own runners](/actions/hosting-your-own-runners)."
{% data reusables.actions.about-runners %} A runner listens for available jobs, runs one job at a time, and reports the progress, logs, and results back to {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}. {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners are based on Ubuntu Linux, Microsoft Windows, and macOS, and each job in a workflow runs in a fresh virtual environment. For information on {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners, see "[About {% data variables.product.prodname_dotcom %}-hosted runners](/actions/using-github-hosted-runners/about-github-hosted-runners)." If you need a different operating system or require a specific hardware configuration, you can host your own runners. For information on self-hosted runners, see "[Hosting your own runners](/actions/hosting-your-own-runners)."
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## Create an example workflow