# IT:AD:GitHub:HowTo:Setup a PAT #

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* PATs are required for remote services (eg: Azure) to act on your behalf in your repo.
* It's massively buried in the GitHub portal's interface and unintuitively located.
* Go to github.com
* Choose your User (not Repo!) Settings. On the top right.
* On the far bottom left, you'll see `Developer Settings`
* There are two types of PATs that you can create.
  * Fine Grained ones -
  * Classic ones.
* For the deployment of Azure Static Web Apps, you currently (Q2/2024) need a classic.
* Select `Generate a New Token`
  * Give it a name (eg: `GT_<reponame>` eg: `GT_BASE_CLIENT_THEMED`)
  * Set an expiration date. 3months min in my case.
  * Set to a specific Repo (eg: `BASE_CLIENT_THEMED`)
  * Scopes/Permissions:
    * For SWA, you need the following `scopes`:
      *  `repo` (all), 
      * `workflow` (all), 
      * `write:packages`


## Resources 
* https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/keeping-your-account-and-data-secure/managing-your-personal-access-tokens