Authenticating GitHub Cloud Access Using PAT

To gain access to your GitHub cloud-based projects, you need to authorize iCR to access them. One method is to use a Personal Access Token (PAT) to authenticate iCR on your behalf. Here is how that is done.

This will open the Personal access tokens (classic) page where you can click on Generate new token (Classic) to create your new Personal Access Token. This opens a page where you set the scope for the token to enable iCR to access your repositories.

Enter a Note to help you remember what this token is being used for. Also, set an Expiration interval for the token. When the token expires, iCR will no longer be able to access your repositories. Then set the following scope values:

• repo

• read:org under admin:org

• write:public_key under admin:public_key

• read:user under user

• user:email under user

With these scopes selected, click on Generate token to create your token.

Copy the PAT now as it will not be displayed again. You will need to present it to the Navigator when you first select GitHub cloud as your preferred VCS, as described in Selecting Your Source Code.