Getting started with GitHub Packages for your enterprise

Note: GitHub Packages on GitHub Enterprise Server does not currently support clustering.

Step 1: Check whether GitHub Packages is available for your enterprise

GitHub Packages is available in GitHub Enterprise Server 3.0 or higher. If you're using an earlier version of GitHub Enterprise Server, you'll have to upgrade to use GitHub Packages. For more information about upgrading your GitHub Enterprise Server instance, see "About upgrades to new releases."

Step 2: Enable GitHub Packages and configure external storage

GitHub Packages on GitHub Enterprise Server uses external blob storage to store your packages.

After enabling GitHub Packages for 您的 GitHub Enterprise Server 实例, you'll need to prepare your third-party storage bucket. The amount of storage required depends on your usage of GitHub Packages, and the setup guidelines can vary by storage provider.

Supported external storage providers

Amazon Web Services (AWS) S3
Azure Blob Storage
MinIO

To enable GitHub Packages and configure third-party storage, see:

Step 3: Specify the package ecosystems to support on your instance

Choose which package ecosystems you'd like to enable, disable, or set to read-only on 您的 GitHub Enterprise Server 实例. Available options are Docker, RubyGems, npm, Apache Maven, Gradle, or NuGet. For more information, see "Configuring package ecosystem support for your enterprise."

Step 4: Ensure you have a TLS certificate for your package host URL, if needed

If subdomain isolation is enabled for 您的 GitHub Enterprise Server 实例, you will need to create and upload a TLS certificate that allows the package host URL for each ecosystem you want to use, such as `. Make sure each package host URL includes https://`.

You can create the certificate manually, or you can use Let's Encrypt. If you already use Let's Encrypt, you must request a new TLS certificate after enabling GitHub Packages. For more information about package host URLs, see "Enabling subdomain isolation." For more information about uploading TLS certificates to GitHub Enterprise Server, see "Configuring TLS."

Step 5: Check for and rename reserved names

If you want to use the Docker ecosystem with subdomain isolation disabled, you must first rename any user or organization named v2 on 您的 GitHub Enterprise Server 实例, prior to enabling Docker ecosystem support in the 管理控制台. Docker uses a v2 account name to manage path conflicts with the Docker API, and once Docker registry support is enabled, you won't be able to use this name anymore.

You can view a full list of logins reserved for internal use by navigating to the "Reserved logins" page in the Site admin dashboard. For more information, see "Reserved logins."