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Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21
Article version: Enterprise Server 2.21

Customizing user messages for your enterprise

You can create custom messages that users will see on your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.

In this article

About user messages

There are several types of user messages.

  • Messages that appear on the sign in or sign out page

Note: If you are using SAML for authentication, the sign in page is presented by your identity provider and is not customizable via GitHub Enterprise Server.

You can use Markdown to format your message. For more information, see "About writing and formatting on GitHub."

Creating a custom sign in message

  1. Navigate to your enterprise account by visiting https://HOSTNAME/enterprises/ENTERPRISE-NAME, replacing HOSTNAME with your instance's hostname and ENTERPRISE-NAME with your enterprise account's name.

  2. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings. Settings tab in the enterprise account sidebar

  3. Under Settings, click Messages. Messages tab in the enterprise settings sidebar

  4. Under "Sign in page", click Add message or Edit message. Edit message button

  5. Under Sign in message, type the message you'd like users to see. Sign in message

  6. To see the rendered message, click Preview. Preview button

  7. Review the rendered message. Sign in message rendered

  8. At the bottom of the page, click Save changes. Save changes

Creating a custom sign out message

  1. Navigate to your enterprise account by visiting https://HOSTNAME/enterprises/ENTERPRISE-NAME, replacing HOSTNAME with your instance's hostname and ENTERPRISE-NAME with your enterprise account's name.

  2. In the enterprise account sidebar, click Settings. Settings tab in the enterprise account sidebar

  3. Under Settings, click Messages. Messages tab in the enterprise settings sidebar

  4. Under "Sign out page", click Add message or Edit message. Add message button

  5. Under Sign out message, type the message you'd like users to see. Sign two_factor_auth_header message

  6. To see the rendered message, click Preview. Preview button

  7. Review the rendered message. Sign out message rendered

  8. At the bottom of the page, click Save changes. Save changes