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GitHub

GitHub is a widely used code repository platform, acquired by Microsoft, providing reliable version control hosting.

Learning Git​

For those new to Git, comprehensive learning resources are available. One recommended resource is Git Complete: The definitive, step-by-step guide to Git by Jason Taylor, John Myers on Udemy, which provides detailed explanations of Git fundamentals.

GitHub Access Token​

In later tutorials, we will be using GitHub's GitActions to automate a lot of tasks for us. To do so, we will need a personal access token for GitHub. To generate one, do the following:

Go to settings

Settings

Scroll to the bottom and select "Developer settings"

Developer Settings

From here we want to create a classic token

Classic Token

Configure the token with the following

GitActions Configuration

Save the token in a secure place, we will use this when automating builds.

Additionally, create a token for GHCR (GitHub Container Registry) with the following permissions:

  • read:packages: Download container images and read their metadata
  • write:packages: Download and upload container images, and read/write their metadata
  • delete:packages: Delete container images
  • repo and workflow scopes

While using separate tokens (one for Actions, one for Registry) is optional, separating tokens provides better security practices.