Getting GitHub Tokens

When integrating with GitHub source control and GitHub Issues, you need to get GitHub tokens.

To get GitHub tokens:

  1. Log in to your GitHub account.

  2. From your profile picture in the top-right corner select Settings, then scroll down and select Developer settings.

  1. In the Developer settings page, select Personal access tokens > Tokens (classic) and define the parameters as follows.

Parameter
Description

Name

A significant name that makes it easy to identify the purpose of the token.

Expiration

Set the expiration date as far as possible.

Select scopes

By selecting scopes you define the access permissions.

For GitHub source control - OX integration, select the following scopes:

  • read:packages

  • write:org

  • read:org

  • read:repo_hook

  • user:email

For GitHub Issues - OX integration, select the following scopes:

  • repo

  • read:user

  • project

  1. Select Create token.

  1. Copy the token and store it in a different location. After closing this dialog you cannot see it again.

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