The following instructions cover how to create a Github Personal Access Token that you will use within Jenkins to connect pipelines, multibranch pipelines, and Github organization projects to your Github repositories.
- Log into Github.com
- Select the Settings option from the profile menu in the upper right hand corner of the browser window
- Click on Personal access tokens under Developer settings
- Fill out a description for the token (e.g. MyJenkinsToken)
- Select the following options:
- repo
- admin:org
- admin:repo_hook
- admin:org_hook
- user
- Click on Generate Token
- As the success message says: Make sure to copy your new personal access token now. You won’t be able to see it again!