You can enable or disable GitHub Pages on your instance. You can also choose to make GitHub Pages sites publicly accessible.

Making GitHub Pages publicly accessible

If private mode is enabled on your instance, the public cannot access GitHub Pages sites hosted on your instance.

Warning: If you enable public GitHub Pages sites, every GitHub Pages site in every repository on your instance will be public.

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click . Rocketship icon for accessing site admin settings

  2. In the left sidebar, click Management Console. Management Console tab in the left sidebar

  3. At the top of the Management Console, click Settings. Settings tab

  4. In the left sidebar, click Pages. Privacy sidebar

  5. Select Public Pages. Checkbox to enable Public Pages

Disabling GitHub Pages on your GitHub Enterprise instance

If subdomain isolation is disabled for your instance, you should also disable GitHub Pages to protect yourself from potential security vulnerabilities. For more information, see "About subdomain isolation."

  1. In the upper-right corner of any page, click . Rocketship icon for accessing site admin settings

  2. In the left sidebar, click Management Console. Management Console tab in the left sidebar

  3. At the top of the Management Console, click Settings. Settings tab

  4. In the left sidebar, click Pages. Privacy sidebar

  5. Unselect Enable Pages. Checkbox to disable GitHub Pages

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