This version of GitHub Enterprise was discontinued on 2023-07-06. No patch releases will be made, even for critical security issues. For better performance, improved security, and new features, upgrade to the latest version of GitHub Enterprise. For help with the upgrade, contact GitHub Enterprise support.
Guides for GitHub Enterprise
Learn how to increase developer productivity and code quality with GitHub Enterprise Server.
Deploy an instance
Install GitHub Enterprise Server on your platform of choice and configure SAML authentication.Start learning path- 1Overview
System overview
Learn more about GitHub Enterprise Server's system internals, functionality, and security. - 2How-to guide
Installing GitHub Enterprise
System administrators and operations and security specialists can install GitHub Enterprise Server. - 3How-to guide
Administering your instance from the Management Console
You can use the Management Console to perform administrative tasks for your GitHub Enterprise Server instance. - 4How-to guide
Configuring a hostname
We recommend setting a hostname for your appliance instead of using a hard-coded IP address. - 5
Using SAML for enterprise IAM
You can centrally manage accounts and access to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance with SAML single sign-on (SSO). - 6Reference
Site admin dashboard
You can use the site admin dashboard to manage users, organizations, and repositories in your enterprise directly in GitHub Enterprise Server.
Enterprise administrators learning paths
Upgrade your instance
Test upgrades in staging, notify users of maintenance, and upgrade your instance for the latest features and security updates.
Adopt GitHub Actions for your enterprise
Learn how to plan and implement a rollout of GitHub Actions in your enterprise.
Increase the fault tolerance of your instance
Back up your developers' code and configure high availability (HA) to ensure the reliability of GitHub Enterprise Server in your environment.
Improve the security of your instance
Review network configuration and security features, and harden the instance running GitHub Enterprise Server to protect your enterprise's data.
Configure GitHub Actions
Allow your developers to create, automate, customize, and execute powerful software development workflows for your GitHub Enterprise Server instance with GitHub Actions.
Configure GitHub Advanced Security
Improve the quality and security of your developers' code with GitHub Advanced Security.
All Enterprise administrators guides
Allowing built-in authentication for users outside your provider
How-to guideYou can configure fallback authentication to allow built-in authentication for people who don't have an account on your CAS, LDAP, or SAML authentication provider.
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
Changing authentication methods
OverviewYou can change the way GitHub Enterprise Server authenticates with your existing accounts at any time.
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
Configuring SAML single sign-on for your enterprise
How-to guideYou can control and secure access to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance by configuring SAML single sign-on (SSO) through your identity provider (IdP).
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
- SSO
About SAML for enterprise IAM
OverviewYou can use SAML single sign-on (SSO) to centrally manage access to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance.
- Accounts
- Access management
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
Configuring SAML single sign-on for your enterprise
How-to guideYou can control and secure access to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance by configuring SAML single sign-on (SSO) through your identity provider (IdP).
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
- SSO
Using CAS
How-to guideIf you use Central Authentication Service (CAS) to centralize access to multiple web applications, you can integrate GitHub Enterprise Server by configuring CAS authentication for your instance.
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
- SSO
Using LDAP
How-to guideIf you use Lightweight Directory Access Protocol (LDAP) to centralize access across applications, you can integrate GitHub Enterprise Server by configuring LDAP authentication for your instance.
- Accounts
- Authentication
- Enterprise
- Identity
Using SAML for enterprise IAM
You can centrally manage accounts and access to your GitHub Enterprise Server instance with SAML single sign-on (SSO).
Accessing the administrative shell (SSH)
How-to guideSSH access allows you to run the GitHub Enterprise Server command line utilities to troubleshoot, run backups, and configure replication.
- Enterprise
- Fundamentals
- SSH