IT:AD:GitHub:HowTo:Setup a PAT

• 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

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