Generating a GitHub Personal Access Token
We use a service GitHub account to create personal access tokens
.
Prerequisties
- 1Password Enterprise
- oathtool to generate a one time password
Accessing the service account details
Note: Use an
incognito
browser session to generate token to be sure not to create in your own account.
Open the 1Password vault and search for staff-infrastructure-moj. Open a new incognito browser session and copy the user, password then create a one time password using the code in the secure notes on the GitHub challenge.
Creating a PAT
Warning: Treat your tokens like passwords and keep them secret. When working with the API, use tokens as environment variables instead of hardcoding them.
Once logged into the staff-infrastructure-moj
account. Follow GitHub’s latest guidance on creating a PAT here.
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