How to create personal access token in GitHub
How to generate a personal access token (classic) in GitHub
Click on Open user account menu
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Click on Settings
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Click on Developer settings
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Click on Personal access tokens
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Click on Tokens (classic)
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Click on Generate new token
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Click on Generate new token (classic)…
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Type the name of the token. F.e. "Confluence DC GitHub links"
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Set the expiration
30 days or what works for you.
Check repo…
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Click on Generate token
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The token is ready, copy it and insert in the GitHub links for Confluence Data Center configuration page.
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