GitHub Repositories

Create Git Repository for Atomic Actions

Perform the following steps to add a Git repository for atomic actions to your tenant.

1. Choose Automation > Advanced in the navigation menu.

2. Click the Git Repositories tab.

3. Click the New Git Repository button on the right (or click the Display name of an existing repository to update).

4. On the New Git Repository page, in the General area, enter a Display Name for the repository.

5. In the Account Keys area, click the No Account Keys drop-down menu and choose True.

   

   Note: You may see a 403 Forbidden error when importing content from GitHub. Some of the repositories we configure for you are created without credentials. Unauthenticated API requests to GitHub are rate-limited so, if you want to avoid this, you can update the repository configurations with an account key using the procedure in the Add Account Key section below.

6. In the Git area, enter the Git information:

   • Protocol: HTTPS

   • REST API Repository Type: GitHub

   • REST API Repository: http://api.github.com/repos/(owner)/(workflows_repo)

   • Branch: Main

   • Code Path: Atomics

7. Click Submit.

   When the operation completes, you will see a green success message at the top of the page.

Create Git Repository for Workflows

Perform the following steps to add a workflows repository to your tenant.

1. Choose Automation > Advanced in the navigation menu.

2. Click Git Repositories.

3. Click New Git Repository (or click the existing repository that you want to update).

4. On the Add Git Repository page, in the General area, enter a Display Name for the repository.

5. In the Account Keys area, click the No Account Keys drop-down menu and choose True.

   Note: You may see a 403 Forbidden error when importing content from GitHub. Some of the repositories we configure for you are created without credentials. Unauthenticated API requests to GitHub are rate-limited so, if you want to avoid this, you can update the repository configurations with an account key using the procedure in Add Account Key section below.

6. In the Git area, enter the Git information:

   • Protocol: HTTPS
   • REST API Repository Type: GitHub
   • REST API Repository: http://api.github.com/repos/(owner)/(workflows_repo)
   • Branch: Main
   • Code Path: Workflows

7. Click Submit.

   When the operation completes, you will see a green success message at the top of the page.

Create Git Repository for Default Workflows 

1. Choose Automation > Advanced in the navigation menu.

2. Click Git Repositories.

3. Click New Git Repository (or click the existing repository that you want to update).

4. On the Add Git Repository page, in the General area, enter a Display Name for the repository.

5. In the Account Keys area, click the No Account Keys drop-down menu and choose True.

   Note: You may see a 403 Forbidden error when importing content from GitHub. Some of the repositories we configure for you are created without credentials. Unauthenticated API requests to GitHub are rate-limited so, if you want to avoid this, you can update the repository configurations with an account key using the procedure in the Add Account Key section below.

6. In the Git area, enter the Git information:

   • Protocol: HTTPS
   • REST API Repository Type: GitHub
   • REST API Repository: http://api.github.com/repos/(owner)/(workflows_repo)
   • Branch: Main
   • Code Path: Workflows-Default

7. Click Submit.

   When the operation completes, you will see a green success message at the top of the page.

Add Account Key 

Add an account key if you use any repositories that require authentication, or receive a 403 Forbidden error when importing content from GitHub. Perform the following steps to add an account key to any of your Git repositories.

1. Create a new Git repository using one of the methods above.

2. Choose Automation > Account Keys in the navigation menu.

3. Click New Account Key on the right.

4. On the New Account Key page, in the Account Key Type area, click the Account Key Type drop-down menu and then choose Git Password-Based Credentials.

5. In the General area, enter a Display Name.

6. In the Git area, enter your GitHub username and password.

7. Click Submit.

   When the operation completes, you will see a green success message at the top of the page.

8. In the left navigation menu, click Admin.

9. Click the Display name of the repository you want to use the account key with and perform the following steps:

   1. In the Account Keys area, click the No Account Keys drop-down menu and choose False.
   2. Click the Default Account Keys drop-down menu and choose the account key you created.
   3. Click Submit.
   3. When the operation completes, you will see a green success message at the top of the page.

Repeat these steps to add account keys to any additional repositories you want to use them with.