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Version: 1.6

Private Repositories

GitHub Private Repositories​

Okteto integrates with GitHub and allows you to easily deploy any repository from any account or organization you grant permissions to. You can connect both personal repositories and those belonging to an organization in the same Okteto account.

Grant permissions​

You'll need to perform the following steps the first time you grant GitHub permissions to Okteto:

  1. Log into Okteto Cloud

  2. Click on the "Launch Dev Environment" button on the top

  3. Make sure "GitHub" is the selected source

    Launch private repository from git

  4. Click on the Configure GitHub button, to open the authorization dialog from GitHub. GitHub will ask you to install the Okteto Cloud App in the accounts and organizations you select. Follow the instructions to grant permissions to your repositories.

    install Okteto Cloud

  5. Finally click on the Install & Authorize button to proceed. If you're not the administrator of the organization, GitHub will send an email notification to your administrator and wait for their authorization to complete the installation and grant you access.

    install and authorize repositories

Once you or your administrator grants permission, Okteto will automatically list your private and public repositories in the Launch dialog.

list of private repositories

Private repositories will be identified by a "lock" icon.

locked private repositories

Launch from a Private GitHub Repository​

After giving Okteto access to any of your public or private repositories, you'll be able to deploy from a GitHub repository using an Okteto Manifest.

Other Private Repositories​

You can also use SSH authentication to deploy a private repository. To do this, use the SSH url of your git repository. This applies both when using the Deploy dialog in the dashboard and the okteto pipeline deploy command from your terminal.

add a private repository

This document has more information on how to configure access to the private repository in your source code provider.