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0.4 Github Account Setup

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We'll be exclusively using Github for CI (Continuous Integration) and Github Actions (Continuous Delivery) throughout this course. Hence, its critical to set things up as required to run this training smoothly.

🔑 SSH Key​

In this section we'll setup the Github repository and configure Github access which will be used throughout the course.

  • Open the terminal by clicking on hamburger menu at extreme top-left of , Terminal , New Terminal.
  • Configure and copy the SSH Key using the following commands
cd ~
ssh-keygen
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub

⚙️ SSH Config​

Its a good idea at this point to also add an ssh config so that we can easily work with github.com through ssh.

  1. Create the config file
cd ~
touch ~/.ssh/config
  1. Open the Config file using the Open Folder command as shown below

  1. Add the following lines to your config file and save it.
Host github.com
    HostName github.com
    User git
    IdentityFile ~/.ssh/id_rsa
  1. Test connectivity to Github
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_rsa
ssh github.com

🌟 Create a Github Repository​

  • Create a new repository by visiting the link https://github.com/new and name it as playground
  • Ensure visibility is private.
Repository Name

For progressing with this course ensure that the name of your repository is playground as lot of commands ahead will be based on this name.

That's all your Github setup is good to go 🎉

End of Chapter 0

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