GitHub Actions Environment Setup

Setting up your GitHub environment to work with KeeperPAM

GitHub Environment Overview

Vault user interface update coming in version 18.8

GitHub secrets can be managed by a Keeper Gateway using a specified token configured in the PAM Configuration record. This guide provides step-by-step instructions for configuring the PAM Configuration for your GitHub tenant.

NOTE: Currently GitHub PAM can only be used for Universal Secrets Sync.

Prerequisites

1. Prior to proceeding with this guide, make sure to install and configure your Keeper Gateway.

2. Create a fine-grained personal access token that has the appropriate secrets access. For example:

   • Read and Write access to organization secrets

   • Read access to repository metadata

   • Read and Write access to repository agent secrets

For API Key creation, see GitHub's documention here.

Setting up GitHub PAM Configuration

Create an GitHub PAM Configuration

Once all the steps above have been taken, add a new PAM Configuration for GitHub Actions

• GitHub ID: a useful name

• Personal Access Token: PAT value from above