Connect GitHub

Console

To use the Google Cloud console to sync data from GitHub to , follow these steps:

1. In the Google Cloud console, go to the Agentspacepage.

   Agentspace

2. In the navigation menu, click Data stores.

3. Click add Create data store.

4. On the Select a data sourcepage, scroll or search for GitHuband select it.

5. In the Authentication settingssection, enter the personal access token of your GitHub instance.

6. Click Continue.

7. Optional. To allow a specific set of static IP addresses in your system, select Enable static IP addressesin the Advanced optionssection.

8. Click Continue.

9. In the Entities to syncsection, do the following:

   1. Select which entities to sync:

      • Pull request
      • Pull request comment
      • Issue
      • Issue comment
      • Branch
      • Commit
      • File

        

   2. Optionally, to sync specific repositories, do the following:

      1. Click Filter.
      2. To filter entities out of the index select Exclude from the indexor to ensure that they are included in the index select Include to the index.
      3. Enter the filter criteria in the following format: ORG_ID / REPO_NAME / BRANCH_ID
         • ORG_ID : The unique identifier of the GitHub organization.
         • REPO_NAME : The name of the specific repository within the organization.
         • BRANCH_ID : The identifier of the branch within the repository. To include all branches, enter * .

           

10. Select the Sync frequencyfor Full syncand the Incremental sync frequencyfor Incremental data sync. For more information, see Sync schedules .

    If you want to schedule separate full syncs of entity and identity data, expand the menu under Full sync and then select Custom options .

    

11. In the Configure your data connectorsection:

    1. Select a region for your data store. You cannot change the region later. For more information on multi-regions, see Agentspace locations .

    2. Enter a name for your data connector. You can change the name later.

    3. Optional. To change the data connector ID after entering the name, click Editand change the value. You cannot change the data connector ID after creating the data store.

    4. Click Create. Agentspace creates your data store and displays it on the Data Storespage.

To check the status of your ingestion, go to the Data storespage and click your data store name to see details about it on its Datapage. The Connector statechanges from Creatingto Runningwhen it starts synchronizing data. When ingestion is complete, the state changes to Activeto indicate that the connection to your data source is set up and awaiting the next scheduled synchronization. Depending on the size of your data, ingestion can take several minutes or several hours.