Configuration

GitHub.com is an online platform that is used for collaboration as well as tracking changes and versioning for a variety of project types.

IMPORTANT: Do not store protected B data on GitHub.com

Creating a GitHub Account

For information on creating a GitHub account (or using your existing account), click here.

Azure Data Factory

1. On the Manage tab, click on Git configuration.

   

2. Click Configure. Under Repository type, select GitHub, then enter your GitHub account username. Click Continue.

   

3. A pop-up will appear. Click AuthorizeAzureDataFactory, then enter your GitHub account password.

4. Configure a repository. You can either select a repository that you own, or enter a repository link. Specify additional settings, then click Apply.

   

5. Set your working branch. You can either create a new branch or use an existing one. Then click Save.

To remove GitHub Integration: On the Git configuration screen, click Disconnect. Enter the name of the Data Factory, then click Disconnect again to confirm.

Azure Databricks

Set up Git Integration

1. Go to User Settings, then click on the Git Integration tab.

   

2. Under Git provider, select GitHub. Enter your GitHub username.

3. From your GitHub account, follow the instructions to create a personal access token, ensuring that the repo permission is checked. Note that you will have to repeat this process when your token has expired, unless you set the Expiration to never expire.

   

4. Copy the token, and paste it into Databricks. Click Save.

Add a Git Repository

1. On the Repos tab, click Add Repo.

   

2. With Clone remote Git repo selected, enter your GitHub repository url. The Git provider and Repo name should fill in automatically. Click Create.

CAE Virtual Machines

VS Code

To learn how to use GitHub with VS Code, see the GitHub - Getting Started documentation.

R-Studio

1. In the File menu, click New Project..., then select Version Control.

   

2. Select Git. Enter the URL for the GitHub repository that you want to clone, choose a folder on your VM where the local files will be stored, then click Create Project.

   

Azure Machine Learning

1. Create a compute instance, then open a terminal.

   

2. In the terminal window, enter the following (replace the example email with your own): ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "first.last@canada.ca"

3. Press ENTER until your key is generated.

   

4. Enter in the terminal: cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub. Select the output and copy it to the clipboard.

   

5. Go to your GitHub account settings (on GitHub.com), click on SSH and GPG keys, then New SSH key. Paste in the key you just copied, then click Add SSH key.

   

6. In the terminal window, type: git clone [url] (replace [url] with the SSH url for your GitHub repository, e.g. git@github.com:username/reponame.git).

7. When prompted, type yes.

Microsoft Documentation

• Git Integration for Azure Machine Learning

Azure Synapse

1. On the Manage tab, click on Git configuration.

   

2. Click Configure. Under Repository type, select GitHub, then enter your GitHub account username. Click Continue.

3. A pop-up will appear. Enter your GitHub account login info, then click AuthorizeAzureSynapse.

4. Configure a repository. You can either select a repository that you own, or enter a repository link. Specify additional settings, then click Apply.

5. Set your working branch. You can either create a new branch or use an existing one. Then click Save.

To remove GitHub Integration: On the Git configuration screen, click Disconnect. Enter the workspace name, then click Disconnect again to confirm.