Generate a PAT (Personal Access Token) on GitHub

A Personal Access Token (PAT) is required for authentication and secure connection to the repository. Follow these steps to generate a PAT in GitHub for managing your project metadata.

Generate a PAT in GitHub

To generate a Personal Access Token in GitHub:

• Connect to GitHub with your account
• In the navigation bar, click on your Account picture and choose Settings menu:
  
• In the left menu, select the Developer settings menu:
  
• In the new left menu, expand the Personal access tokens menu and choose Tokens (classic):
  
• Click on the Generate new token button and select Generate new token (classic):
  
• Fill in the following information:
  1. Name: fill in a name for the new PAT
  2. Expiration: choose the validity date of your token
  3. Scope: should be at least repo (all options checked)

• Click on the Generate Token button
• Your PAT is generated:
  
• Save it in a secure location; you will need it to create a Project
• Click again on the Tokens (classic) menu in the new left menu. Your new PAT appears in the list of your PATs:
  

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