Example CI/CD process for dbt on Snowflake

ci.yml

  # For workflow syntax reference, please see the documentation available on Github
# https://docs.github.com/en/actions/reference/workflow-syntax-for-github-actions

name: CI

on:
  push:
  schedule:
    - cron: '50 11 * * *'  # Run the `main` branch daily at 11:50am UTC
  workflow_dispatch: # Allow the workflow to be triggered manually

env:
  SNOWSQL_USER: github
  SNOWSQL_PWD: ${{ secrets.SNOWSQL_PWD }}
  SNOWSQL_DATABASE: acme
  SNOWSQL_SCHEMA: staging
  SNOWSQL_WAREHOUSE: ci
  SNOWSQL_ROLE: transformer
  SNOWSQL_ACCOUNT: ${{ secrets.SNOWSQL_ACCOUNT }}
  LC_ALL: C.UTF-8
  LANG: C.UTF-8

jobs:
  build:
    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
    container: 
      image: docker.pkg.github.com/tjwaterman99/snowflake_dbt/snowflake_dbt:0.1.5
      credentials:
        username: ${{ github.actor }}
        password: ${{ secrets.GITHUB_TOKEN }}    
    steps:
      - name: Checkout
        uses: actions/checkout@v2
      - name: pip install
        run: pip install -r requirements.txt
      - name: dbt debug
        run: dbt debug --profiles-dir $PWD
      - name: dbt deps
        run: dbt deps --profiles-dir $PWD 
        
        # Reset the staging database by cloning production
      - name: Reset staging database
        run: snowsql -f scripts/reset_staging_db.sql
        
        # Load seed files
      - name: dbt seed
        run: "dbt seed --full-refresh --profiles-dir $PWD"
        
        # Build's the tables and views on the DWH's `staging` schema with dbt
      - name: dbt run
        run: dbt run --profiles-dir $PWD
        
        # Test the resulting tables to identify any issues before the data lands in production
      - name: dbt test
        run: dbt test --profiles-dir $PWD
        
        # Clone the staging schema into the production schema once the tests have
        # validated the data
      - name: Promote staging
        run: snowsql -f scripts/promote_staging_db.sql
        if: github.ref == 'refs/heads/main'     

Hey @francisaddae - yes, this was intended as an illustration for running a CI/CD process for dbt on Snowflake.