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 the Settings option:
- In the left menu, select the Developer settings option:
- In the left menu, expand the Personal access tokens option and choose Tokens (classic):
- Click on the Generate new token button and select Generate new token (classic):
- Fill in the following information:
- Name: fill in a name for the new PAT
- Expiration: choose the validity date of your token
- 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) option in the left menu. Your new PAT appears in the list of your PATs:
Demonstration video